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    ALSTONIA SCHOLARIS

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Evergreen tree of eastern Asia and Philippines having large leathery leaves and small green-white flowers in compact cymes; bark formerly used medicinallyplay

    Synonyms:

    Alstonia scholaris; devil tree; dita; dita bark

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("Alstonia scholaris" is a kind of...):

    tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)

    Holonyms ("Alstonia scholaris" is a member of...):

    Alstonia; genus Alstonia (genus of evergreen trees or shrubs with white funnel-shaped flowers and milky sap; tropical Africa to southeastern Asia and Polynesia)

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