HyperDic: genus_nerium

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Nerium:
NOUNplantgenus Nerium, Neriumone species
English > genus Nerium: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningOne species: oleander.
SynonymNerium
Member ofApocynaceae, family Apocynaceae, dogbane familychiefly tropical trees or shrubs or herbs having milky juice and often showy flowers
Membersoleander, rose bay, Nerium oleanderAn ornamental but poisonous flowering shrub having narrow evergreen leaves and clusters of fragrant white to pink or red flowers
Broaderdicot genus, magnoliopsid genusgenus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
Spanishgenus nerium, nerium, Nerium
Catalangenus nerium, nerium

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