GENUS STEPHANOTIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Stephanotis mean? 

• GENUS STEPHANOTIS (noun)
  The noun GENUS STEPHANOTIS has 1 sense:

1. genus of Old World tropical woody vines

  Familiarity information: GENUS STEPHANOTIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS STEPHANOTIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Genus of Old World tropical woody vines

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("genus Stephanotis" 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 Stephanotis"):

stephanotis (any of various evergreen climbing shrubs of the genus Stephanotis having fragrant waxy flowers)

Madagascar jasmine; Stephanotis floribunda; waxflower (twining woody vine of Madagascar having thick dark waxy evergreen leaves and clusters of large fragrant waxy white flowers along the stems; widely cultivated in warm regions)

Holonyms ("genus Stephanotis" is a member of...):

Asclepiadaceae; family Asclepiadaceae; milkweed family (widely distributed family of herbs and shrubs of the order Gentianales; most with milky juice)