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    ACOCANTHERA SPECTABILIS

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Medium-sized shrubby tree of South Africa having thick leathery evergreen leaves and white or pink flowers and globose usually two-seeded purplish black fruitsplay

    Synonyms:

    Acocanthera oblongifolia; Acocanthera spectabilis; poison arrow plant; winter sweet

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    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("Acocanthera spectabilis" is a kind of...):

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

    Holonyms ("Acocanthera spectabilis" 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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