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    ORDEAL TREE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Evergreen shrub or tree of South Africaplay

    Synonyms:

    Acocanthera oppositifolia; Acocanthera venenata; bushman's poison; ordeal tree

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("ordeal tree" is a kind of...):

    bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

    Holonyms ("ordeal tree" is a member of...):

    Acocanthera; Acokanthera; genus Acocanthera; genus Acokanthera (small genus of trees and shrubs containing strongly toxic cardiac glycosides; Arabia to Africa)

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