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GENUS DIPLADENIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Genus of tropical South American tuberous perennial woody vines with large racemose flowers and milky sap
Synonyms:
Dipladenia; genus Dipladenia; genus Mandevilla; Mandevilla
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Dipladenia" 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 Dipladenia"):
Dipladenia boliviensis; Mandevilla boliviensis; white dipladenia (shrubby climber having glossy leaves and white funnel-shaped flowers with yellow throats)
Chilean jasmine; Mandevilla laxa (woody vine of Argentina grown as an ornamental for its glossy leaves and racemes of large fragrant funnel-shaped creamy-white flowers)
Holonyms ("genus Dipladenia" 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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