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ALSTONIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Genus of evergreen trees or shrubs with white funnel-shaped flowers and milky sap; tropical Africa to southeastern Asia and Polynesia
Synonyms:
Alstonia; genus Alstonia
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Alstonia" 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 "Alstonia"):
Alstonia scholaris; devil tree; dita; dita bark (evergreen tree of eastern Asia and Philippines having large leathery leaves and small green-white flowers in compact cymes; bark formerly used medicinally)
Holonyms ("Alstonia" 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)
