Acocanthera (original) (raw)
I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Small genus of trees and shrubs containing strongly toxic cardiac glycosides; Arabia to Africa
Synonyms:
Acocanthera; Acokanthera; genus Acocanthera; genus Acokanthera
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Acocanthera" 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 "Acocanthera"):
Acocanthera oblongifolia; Acocanthera spectabilis; poison arrow plant; winter sweet (medium-sized shrubby tree of South Africa having thick leathery evergreen leaves and white or pink flowers and globose usually two-seeded purplish black fruits)
Acocanthera oppositifolia; Acocanthera venenata; bushman's poison; ordeal tree (evergreen shrub or tree of South Africa)
Holonyms ("Acocanthera" 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)