ACOCANTHERA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Acocanthera mean? 

• ACOCANTHERA (noun)
  The noun ACOCANTHERA has 1 sense:

1. small genus of trees and shrubs containing strongly toxic cardiac glycosides; Arabia to Africa

  Familiarity information: ACOCANTHERA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ACOCANTHERA (noun)

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Meaning:

Small genus of trees and shrubs containing strongly toxic cardiac glycosides; Arabia to Africa

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Acocanthera; Acokanthera; genus Acocanthera; genus Acokanthera

Hypernyms ("Acocanthera" 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 "Acocanthera"):

Acocanthera oblongifolia; Acocanthera spectabilis; poison arrow plant; winter sweet (medium-sized shrubby tree of South Africa having thick leathery evergreen leaves and white or pink flowers and globose usually two-seeded purplish black fruits)

Acocanthera oppositifolia; Acocanthera venenata; bushman's poison; ordeal tree (evergreen shrub or tree of South Africa)

Holonyms ("Acocanthera" 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)