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SARCOSTEMMA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Succulent subshrubs or vines; tropical and subtropical India and Africa and Malaysia

Synonyms:

genus Sarcostemma; Sarcostemma

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Sarcostemma" 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 "Sarcostemma"):

haoma; Sarcostemma acidum; soma (leafless East Indian vine; its sour milky juice formerly used to make an intoxicating drink)

Holonyms ("Sarcostemma" 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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