scarlet hamelia

scarlet hamelia
noun
handsome shrub with showy orange to scarlet or crimson flowers; Florida and West Indies to Mexico and Brazil
Hypernyms: ↑hamelia

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noun
: a tropical American shrub (Hamelia erecta) having edible fruit and often cultivated for its showy scarlet or crimson flowers

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  • scarlet bush — noun handsome shrub with showy orange to scarlet or crimson flowers; Florida and West Indies to Mexico and Brazil • Syn: ↑scarlet hamelia, ↑coloradillo, ↑Hamelia patens, ↑Hamelia erecta • Hypernyms: ↑hamelia * * * noun …   Useful english dictionary

  • Hamelia patens — coloradillo coloradillo n. a handsome shrub ({Hamelia patens}) with showy orange to scarlet or crimson flowers; it grows from Florida and West Indies to Mexico and Brazil. Syn: scarlet bush, scarlet hamelia, {Hamelia patens}, Hamelia erecta.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Hamelia patens — coloradillo coloradillo n. a handsome shrub ({Hamelia patens}) with showy orange to scarlet or crimson flowers; it grows from Florida and West Indies to Mexico and Brazil. Syn: scarlet bush, scarlet hamelia, {Hamelia patens}, Hamelia erecta.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • hamelia — noun any of several flowering tropical or subtropical shrubs of the genus Hamelia • Hypernyms: ↑shrub, ↑bush • Hyponyms: ↑scarlet bush, ↑scarlet hamelia, ↑coloradillo, ↑Hamelia patens, ↑Hamelia erecta …   Useful english dictionary

  • Hamelia erecta — noun handsome shrub with showy orange to scarlet or crimson flowers; Florida and West Indies to Mexico and Brazil • Syn: ↑scarlet bush, ↑scarlet hamelia, ↑coloradillo, ↑Hamelia patens • Hypernyms: ↑hamelia …   Useful english dictionary

  • Hamelia patens — noun handsome shrub with showy orange to scarlet or crimson flowers; Florida and West Indies to Mexico and Brazil • Syn: ↑scarlet bush, ↑scarlet hamelia, ↑coloradillo, ↑Hamelia erecta • Hypernyms: ↑hamelia …   Useful english dictionary

  • Scarlet bush — Hamelia (E) …   EthnoBotanical Dictionary

  • Hamelia patens — Taxobox name = Firebush image width = 200px image caption = Habitus status = NE status system = iucn3.1 regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida subclassis = Asteridae unranked ordo = Euasterids I ordo = Gentianales… …   Wikipedia

  • coloradillo — n. a handsome shrub ({Hamelia patens}) with showy orange to scarlet or crimson flowers; it grows from Florida and West Indies to Mexico and Brazil. Syn: scarlet bush, scarlet hamelia, {Hamelia patens}, Hamelia erecta. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • coloradillo — noun handsome shrub with showy orange to scarlet or crimson flowers; Florida and West Indies to Mexico and Brazil • Syn: ↑scarlet bush, ↑scarlet hamelia, ↑Hamelia patens, ↑Hamelia erecta • Hypernyms: ↑hamelia …   Useful english dictionary

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