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ACOCANTHERA SPECTABILIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Acocanthera spectabilis mean? 

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

1. medium-sized shrubby tree of South Africa having thick leathery evergreen leaves and white or pink flowers and globose usually two-seeded purplish black fruitsplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


ACOCANTHERA SPECTABILIS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Acocanthera oblongifolia; Acocanthera spectabilis; poison arrow plant; winter sweet

Hypernyms ("Acocanthera spectabilis" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Holonyms ("Acocanthera spectabilis" 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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