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    GENUS SARCOSTEMMA

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Succulent subshrubs or vines; tropical and subtropical India and Africa and Malaysiaplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Sarcostemma; Sarcostemma

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("genus Sarcostemma" 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 Sarcostemma"):

    haoma; Sarcostemma acidum; soma (leafless East Indian vine; its sour milky juice formerly used to make an intoxicating drink)

    Holonyms ("genus Sarcostemma" is a member of...):

    Asclepiadaceae; family Asclepiadaceae; milkweed family (widely distributed family of herbs and shrubs of the order Gentianales; most with milky juice)

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