English > genus Holarrhena: 1 sense > noun 1, plant| Meaning | genus of deciduous trees and shrubs of tropical Africa and Asia. |
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| Synonym | Holarrhena |
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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 | ivory tree, conessi, kurchi, kurchee, Holarrhena pubescens, Holarrhena antidysenterica | Tropical Asian tree with hard white wood and bark formerly used as a remedy for dysentery and diarrhea |
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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 | genus holarrhena, holarrhena |
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| Catalan | genus holarrhena, holarrhena |
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