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MOCK AZALIA
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
South African shrub having a swollen succulent stem and bearing showy pink and white flowers after the leaves fall; popular as an ornamental in tropics
Synonyms:
Adenium multiflorum; Adenium obesum; desert rose; impala lily; kudu lily; mock azalia
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("mock azalia" is a kind of...):
bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)
Holonyms ("mock azalia" is a member of...):
Adenium; genus Adenium (one species: succulent shrub or tree of tropical Africa and Arabia)