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    GENUS APOCYNUM

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Perennial herbs with small pink or white flowersplay

    Synonyms:

    Apocynum; genus Apocynum

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("genus Apocynum" 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 Apocynum"):

    dogbane (any of several poisonous perennial plants of the genus Apocynum having acrid milky juice and bell-shaped white or pink flowers and a very bitter root)

    Holonyms ("genus Apocynum" 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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