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GENUS STEPHANOTIS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Genus of Old World tropical woody vines
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Stephanotis" 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 Stephanotis"):
stephanotis (any of various evergreen climbing shrubs of the genus Stephanotis having fragrant waxy flowers)
Madagascar jasmine; Stephanotis floribunda; waxflower (twining woody vine of Madagascar having thick dark waxy evergreen leaves and clusters of large fragrant waxy white flowers along the stems; widely cultivated in warm regions)
Holonyms ("genus Stephanotis" is a member of...):
Asclepiadaceae; family Asclepiadaceae; milkweed family (widely distributed family of herbs and shrubs of the order Gentianales; most with milky juice)
