GENUS STROPHANTHUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Strophanthus mean? 

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

1. genus of tropical Asiatic and African shrubs and woody vines and small trees

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS STROPHANTHUS (noun)

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Meaning:

Genus of tropical Asiatic and African shrubs and woody vines and small trees

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("genus Strophanthus" 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 Strophanthus"):

strophanthus (any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Strophanthus having whorled leaves and showy flowers of various colors in dense and corymbose clusters; some have poisonous seeds)

Holonyms ("genus Strophanthus" 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)