English > genus Adenium: 1 sense > noun 1, plantMeaning | One species: succulent shrub or tree of tropical Africa and Arabia. |
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Synonym | Adenium |
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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 | impala lily, mock azalia, desert rose, kudu lily, Adenium obesum, Adenium multiflorum | South African shrub having a swollen succulent stem and bearing showy pink and white flowers after the leaves fall |
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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 | adenium, genus adenium |
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Catalan | adenium, Adenium, genus adenium |
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