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    GENUS ALSTONIA

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Genus of evergreen trees or shrubs with white funnel-shaped flowers and milky sap; tropical Africa to southeastern Asia and Polynesiaplay

    Synonyms:

    Alstonia; genus Alstonia

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("genus 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 "genus 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 ("genus 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)

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