HyperDic: genus_alstonia

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Alstonia:
NOUNplantgenus Alstonia, Alstoniagenus of evergreen trees or shrubs with white funnel-shaped flowers and milky sap
English > genus Alstonia: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaninggenus of evergreen trees or shrubs with white funnel-shaped flowers and milky sap; tropical Africa to southeastern Asia and Polynesia.
SynonymAlstonia
Member ofApocynaceae, family Apocynaceae, dogbane familychiefly tropical trees or shrubs or herbs having milky juice and often showy flowers
Membersdita, dita bark, devil tree, Alstonia scholarisevergreen tree of eastern Asia and Philippines having large leathery leaves and small green-white flowers in compact cymes
Broaderdicot genus, magnoliopsid genusgenus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
Spanishalstonia, genus alstonia
Catalanalstonia, genus alstonia

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