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ORDEAL TREE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Evergreen shrub or tree of South Africa
Synonyms:
Acocanthera oppositifolia; Acocanthera venenata; bushman's poison; ordeal tree
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("ordeal tree" is a kind of...):
bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)
Holonyms ("ordeal tree" is a member of...):
Acocanthera; Acokanthera; genus Acocanthera; genus Acokanthera (small genus of trees and shrubs containing strongly toxic cardiac glycosides; Arabia to Africa)
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