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    ACOKANTHERA

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Small genus of trees and shrubs containing strongly toxic cardiac glycosides; Arabia to Africaplay

    Synonyms:

    Acocanthera; Acokanthera; genus Acocanthera; genus Acokanthera

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("Acokanthera" 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 "Acokanthera"):

    Acocanthera oblongifolia; Acocanthera spectabilis; poison arrow plant; winter sweet (medium-sized shrubby tree of South Africa having thick leathery evergreen leaves and white or pink flowers and globose usually two-seeded purplish black fruits)

    Acocanthera oppositifolia; Acocanthera venenata; bushman's poison; ordeal tree (evergreen shrub or tree of South Africa)

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

    Apocynaceae; dogbane family; family Apocynaceae (chiefly tropical trees or shrubs or herbs having milky juice and often showy flowers; many are sources of drugs)

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