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    GENUS ADENIUM

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    One species: succulent shrub or tree of tropical Africa and Arabiaplay

    Synonyms:

    Adenium; genus Adenium

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("genus Adenium" 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 "genus Adenium"):

    Adenium multiflorum; Adenium obesum; desert rose; impala lily; kudu lily; mock azalia (South African shrub having a swollen succulent stem and bearing showy pink and white flowers after the leaves fall; popular as an ornamental in tropics)

    Holonyms ("genus Adenium" 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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