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GENUS HOLARRHENA
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Genus of deciduous trees and shrubs of tropical Africa and Asia
Synonyms:
genus Holarrhena; Holarrhena
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Holarrhena" 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 Holarrhena"):
conessi; Holarrhena antidysenterica; Holarrhena pubescens; ivory tree; kurchee; kurchi (tropical Asian tree with hard white wood and bark formerly used as a remedy for dysentery and diarrhea)
Holonyms ("genus Holarrhena" 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)
