BUSHMAN'S POISON

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Evergreen shrub or tree of South Africa

Synonyms:

Acocanthera oppositifolia; Acocanthera venenata; bushman's poison; ordeal tree

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("bushman's poison" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Holonyms ("bushman's poison" is a member of...):

Acocanthera; Acokanthera; genus Acocanthera; genus Acokanthera (small genus of trees and shrubs containing strongly toxic cardiac glycosides; Arabia to Africa)

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