HyperDic: genus_beaumontia

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Beaumontia:
NOUNplantgenus Beaumontia, Beaumontiasmall genus of evergreen woody vines in the East Indies and Asia
English > genus Beaumontia: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningsmall genus of evergreen woody vines in the East Indies and Asia.
SynonymBeaumontia
Member ofApocynaceae, family Apocynaceae, dogbane familychiefly tropical trees or shrubs or herbs having milky juice and often showy flowers
MembersNepal trumpet flower, Easter lily vine, Beaumontia grandifloraevergreen woody twiner with large glossy leaves and showy corymbs of fragrant white trumpet-shaped flowers
Broaderdicot genus, magnoliopsid genusgenus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
Spanishbeaumontia, genus beaumontia
Catalanbeaumontia, Beaumontia, genus beaumontia

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