NOUN | plant | genus Alstonia, Alstonia | genus of evergreen trees or shrubs with white funnel-shaped flowers and milky sap |
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Meaning | genus of evergreen trees or shrubs with white funnel-shaped flowers and milky sap; tropical Africa to southeastern Asia and Polynesia. | |
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Synonym | Alstonia | |
Member of | Apocynaceae, family Apocynaceae, dogbane family | chiefly tropical trees or shrubs or herbs having milky juice and often showy flowers |
Members | dita, dita bark, devil tree, Alstonia scholaris | evergreen tree of eastern Asia and Philippines having large leathery leaves and small green-white flowers in compact cymes |
Broader | dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus | genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination |
Spanish | alstonia, genus alstonia | |
Catalan | alstonia, genus alstonia |
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