STROPHANTHUS

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Meaning:

Any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Strophanthus having whorled leaves and showy flowers of various colors in dense and corymbose clusters; some have poisonous seeds

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Nouns denoting plants

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

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

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "strophanthus"):

Strophanthus kombe (plant that is a source of strophanthin)

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

genus Strophanthus (genus of tropical Asiatic and African shrubs and woody vines and small trees)

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