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kaffir boom   (TTS Sound)

The noun kaffir boom has 2 senses

• kaffir boom, Transvaal kafferboom, Erythrina lysistemon -- (small semi-evergreen tree of South Africa having dense clusters of clear scarlet flowers and red seeds)


• kaffir boom, Cape kafferboom, Erythrina caffra -- (small semi-evergreen broad-spreading tree of eastern South Africa with orange-scarlet flowers and small coral-red seeds; yields a light soft wood used for fence posts or shingles)