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GENUS STROPHANTHUS
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Genus of tropical Asiatic and African shrubs and woody vines and small trees
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Strophanthus" 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 Strophanthus"):
strophanthus (any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Strophanthus having whorled leaves and showy flowers of various colors in dense and corymbose clusters; some have poisonous seeds)
Holonyms ("genus Strophanthus" 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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