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GENUS THEVETIA
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Genus of poisonous tropical American evergreen shrubs and trees having entire leaves and large cymose flowers
Synonyms:
genus Thevetia; Thevetia
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Thevetia" 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 Thevetia"):
Thevetia neriifolia; Thevetia peruviana; yellow oleander (tropical American shrub or small tree having glossy dark green leaves and fragrant saffron yellow to orange or peach- colored flowers; all parts highly poisonous)
Holonyms ("genus Thevetia" 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)