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GENUS APOCYNUM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Perennial herbs with small pink or white flowers
Synonyms:
Apocynum; genus Apocynum
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Apocynum" 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 Apocynum"):
dogbane (any of several poisonous perennial plants of the genus Apocynum having acrid milky juice and bell-shaped white or pink flowers and a very bitter root)
Holonyms ("genus Apocynum" 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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