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GENUS CATHARANTHUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Catharanthus mean?
• GENUS CATHARANTHUS (noun)
The noun GENUS CATHARANTHUS has 1 sense:
1. small genus of erect annual or perennial herbs native to Madagascar; widely naturalized in the tropics; formerly included in genus Vinca
Familiarity information: GENUS CATHARANTHUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small genus of erect annual or perennial herbs native to Madagascar; widely naturalized in the tropics; formerly included in genus Vinca
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Catharanthus; genus Catharanthus
Hypernyms ("genus Catharanthus" 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 "genus Catharanthus"):
Cape periwinkle; Catharanthus roseus; cayenne jasmine; Madagascar periwinkle; old maid; periwinkle; red periwinkle; rose periwinkle; Vinca rosea (commonly cultivated Old World woody herb having large pinkish to red flowers)
Holonyms ("genus Catharanthus" 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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