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GENUS ADENIUM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
One species: succulent shrub or tree of tropical Africa and Arabia
Synonyms:
Adenium; genus Adenium
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Adenium" 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 Adenium"):
Adenium multiflorum; Adenium obesum; desert rose; impala lily; kudu lily; mock azalia (South African shrub having a swollen succulent stem and bearing showy pink and white flowers after the leaves fall; popular as an ornamental in tropics)
Holonyms ("genus Adenium" 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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