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SARCOSTEMMA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Succulent subshrubs or vines; tropical and subtropical India and Africa and Malaysia
Synonyms:
genus Sarcostemma; Sarcostemma
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Sarcostemma" 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 "Sarcostemma"):
haoma; Sarcostemma acidum; soma (leafless East Indian vine; its sour milky juice formerly used to make an intoxicating drink)
Holonyms ("Sarcostemma" is a member of...):
Asclepiadaceae; family Asclepiadaceae; milkweed family (widely distributed family of herbs and shrubs of the order Gentianales; most with milky juice)
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