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STROPHANTHUS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("strophanthus" is a kind of...):
bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "strophanthus"):
Strophanthus kombe (plant that is a source of strophanthin)
Holonyms ("strophanthus" is a member of...):
genus Strophanthus (genus of tropical Asiatic and African shrubs and woody vines and small trees)
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