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ACOKANTHERA

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Meaning:

Small genus of trees and shrubs containing strongly toxic cardiac glycosides; Arabia to Africa

Synonyms:

Acocanthera; Acokanthera; genus Acocanthera; genus Acokanthera

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Acokanthera" is a kind of...):

dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)

Meronyms (members of "Acokanthera"):

Acocanthera oblongifolia; Acocanthera spectabilis; poison arrow plant; winter sweet (medium-sized shrubby tree of South Africa having thick leathery evergreen leaves and white or pink flowers and globose usually two-seeded purplish black fruits)

Acocanthera oppositifolia; Acocanthera venenata; bushman's poison; ordeal tree (evergreen shrub or tree of South Africa)

Holonyms ("Acokanthera" is a member of...):

Apocynaceae; dogbane family; family Apocynaceae (chiefly tropical trees or shrubs or herbs having milky juice and often showy flowers; many are sources of drugs)

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