Definition
A tropical shrub with small coral-colored flowers and compound leaves, used as an ornamental plant.
Etymology
From Spanish 'corallita,' a diminutive form of 'coral' (little coral), reflecting how Spanish speakers named the plant for its coral-like flower clusters. The Spanish name traveled to English when the plant was introduced to European and North American cultivation in the 18th-19th centuries.
Kelly Says
The corallita's common name perfectly captures how people naturally describe plants—'corallita' means 'little coral' in Spanish, showing that even before scientific naming, farmers and gardeners were categorizing plants using poetic metaphors based on what the flowers looked like.
Translations
AMአማርኛ
coralsita
kor-al-i-ta
ARالعربية
كُراليتة
ku-ra-li-ta
BNবাংলা
করালিটা
kor-ali-ta
CACatalà
corallita
kor-al-i-ta
CSČeština
korallita
kor-al-i-ta
DADansk
corallita
kor-al-i-ta
DEDeutsch
Korallenblüte
kor-a-len-bloo-te
ELΕλληνικά
κοραλλίτα
kor-al-li-ta
ESEspañol
corallita
kor-al-i-ta
FAفارسی
کُرالیتا
ku-ra-li-ta
FISuomi
korallita
kor-al-i-ta
FRFrançais
corallita
kor-al-i-ta
HAHA
corallita
kor-al-i-ta
HEעברית
קורלליטה
kor-al-li-ta
HIहिन्दी
कोरलिटा
kor-al-i-ta
HUMagyar
korallita
kor-al-i-ta
IDBahasa Indonesia
corallita
kor-al-i-ta
IGIG
corallita
kor-al-i-ta
ITItaliano
corallita
kor-al-i-ta
KKKK
корралiта
kor-ra-li-ta
MSBahasa Melayu
corallita
kor-al-i-ta
MYမြန်မာ
ကော်ရယ်လီတာ
ka-o-ray-li-ta
NLNederlands
corallita
kor-al-i-ta
NONorsk
korallita
kor-al-i-ta
PAPA
ਕੋਰਾਲਿਟਾ
kor-al-i-ta
PLPolski
korallita
kor-al-i-ta
PTPortuguês
corallita
kor-al-i-ta
RORomână
corallita
kor-al-i-ta
RUРусский
кораллита
kor-al-li-ta
SVSvenska
korallita
kor-al-i-ta
SWKiswahili
corallita
kor-al-i-ta
TAதமிழ்
கொரல்லைட்டா
kor-al-lai-tta
TEతెలుగు
కొరల్లిటా
kor-al-li-ta
THไทย
คอรัลลิตา
kor-al-li-ta
TLTL
corallita
kor-al-i-ta
TRTürkçe
korallita
kor-al-i-ta
UKУкраїнська
коралліта
kor-al-li-ta
URاردو
کُراليتہ
ku-ra-li-ta
VITiếng Việt
corallita
kor-al-i-ta
YOYO
korallita
kor-al-i-ta
ZH中文
珊瑚小芽
shān hú xiǎo yá
ZUZU
corallita
kor-al-i-ta