corallita
(kɒrəˈliːtə)
Also coraleta, coralita.
[ad. Amer. Sp. coralito, dim. of Sp. coral coral n.1]
A climbing vine (Antigonon leptopus) with pink flowers, native to Mexico and cultivated in the tropics or in greenhouses elsewhere.
| 1899 J. Rodway Guiana Wilds 63 The little gallery was screened from the road by luxuriant festoons of corallita. 1931 [see coral vine s.v. coral n.1 9]. 1951 E. A. Mittelholzer Shadows Move i. ix. 66 The big, thick-stalked vine is bougainvillea... The coralita is the one with the small pink flowers. 1957 M. Swan Brit. Guiana i. 12 The bougainvillea, morning-glory, the pink coraleta. |