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TRACHELOSPERMUM

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Meaning:

Genus of Asiatic woody vines with milky sap in leaves and stems

Synonyms:

genus Trachelospermum; Trachelospermum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Trachelospermum" 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 "Trachelospermum"):

confederate jasmine; star jasmine; Trachelospermum jasminoides (evergreen Chinese woody climber with shiny dark green leaves and intensely fragrant white flowers)

Holonyms ("Trachelospermum" 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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