Florida and West Indies to Mexico and Brazil

• Handsome shrub with showy orange to scarlet or crimson flowers

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. 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 ]

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.