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ACOCANTHERA VENENATA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Acocanthera venenata mean? 

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

1. evergreen shrub or tree of South Africaplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


ACOCANTHERA VENENATA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Evergreen shrub or tree of South Africa

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Acocanthera oppositifolia; Acocanthera venenata; bushman's poison; ordeal tree

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

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

Holonyms ("Acocanthera venenata" 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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