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ARAUJIA

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Meaning:

Small genus of South American evergreen vines

Synonyms:

Araujia; genus Araujia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Araujia" 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 "Araujia"):

Araujia sericofera; cruel plant (robust twining shrub having racemes of fragrant white or pink flowers with flat spreading terminal petals that trap nocturnal moths and hold them until dawn)

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

Asclepiadaceae; family Asclepiadaceae; milkweed family (widely distributed family of herbs and shrubs of the order Gentianales; most with milky juice)

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