/klear'euh den"dreuhm, kler'-/ , n.
any of numerous tropical trees or shrubs of the genus Clerodendrum, having clusters of variously colored flowers.
Also, clerodendron /klear'euh den"dreuhn, kler'-/ .
[ klero- (comb. form of klêros lot, chance) + déndron tree; allegedly so named in reference to the varying uses of its species, some being medicinal, some poisonous ]