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    GENUS NERIUM

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    One species: oleanderplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Nerium; Nerium

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("genus Nerium" 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 Nerium"):

    Nerium oleander; oleander; rose bay (an ornamental but poisonous flowering shrub having narrow evergreen leaves and clusters of fragrant white to pink or red flowers: native to East Indies but widely cultivated in warm regions)

    Holonyms ("genus Nerium" 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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