English > Acokanthera: 1 sense > noun 1, plantMeaning | small genus of trees and shrubs containing strongly toxic cardiac glycosides; Arabia to Africa. |
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Synonyms | Acocanthera, genus Acocanthera, genus Acokanthera |
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Member of | Apocynaceae, family Apocynaceae, dogbane family | chiefly tropical trees or shrubs or herbs having milky juice and often showy flowers |
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Members | bushman's poison, ordeal tree, Acocanthera oppositifolia, Acocanthera venenata | evergreen shrub or tree of South Africa |
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winter sweet, poison arrow plant, Acocanthera oblongifolia, Acocanthera spectabilis | 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 |
Broader | dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus | genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination |
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Spanish | acocanthera, acokanthera, genus acocanthera, genus acokanthera |
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Catalan | acocanthera, acokanthera, genus acocanthera, genus acokanthera |
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