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TABERNAEMONTANA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Evergreen tropical trees and shrubs with milky sap
Synonyms:
genus Tabernaemontana; Tabernaemontana
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Tabernaemontana" 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 "Tabernaemontana"):
Adam's apple; coffee rose; crape jasmine; crepe gardenia; crepe jasmine; East Indian rosebay; Nero's crown; pinwheel flower; Tabernaemontana divaricate (tropical shrub having glossy foliage and fragrant nocturnal flowers with crimped or wavy corollas; northern India to Thailand)
Holonyms ("Tabernaemontana" 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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