English > genus Acokanthera: 1 sense > noun 1, plant| Meaning | small genus of trees and shrubs containing strongly toxic cardiac glycosides; Arabia to Africa. |
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| Synonyms | Acocanthera, genus Acocanthera, 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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