Definition of coral plant
1
obsolete
: a coral like a plant
2 a
: a much-cultivated East Indian plant (Jatropha multifida) with showy scarlet flowers and deeply incised leaves
b
: any plant of the genus Erythrina (especially E. corallodendron)
c
: an essentially leafless Mexican shrub (Russelia equisetiformis) like a rush with bright-red flowers — called also
coral blow
