HyperDic: poison_arrow_plant

English > 1 sense of the expression poison arrow plant:
NOUNplantpoison arrow plant, winter sweet, Acocanthera oblongifolia, Acocanthera spectabilismedium-sized shrubby tree of South Africa having thick leathery evergreen leaves and white or pink flowers and globose usually two-seeded purplish black fruits
English > poison arrow plant: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningmedium-sized shrubby tree of South Africa having thick leathery evergreen leaves and white or pink flowers and globose usually two-seeded purplish black fruits.
Synonymswinter sweet, Acocanthera oblongifolia, Acocanthera spectabilis
Member ofAcocanthera, genus Acocanthera, Acokanthera, genus Acokantherasmall genus of trees and shrubs containing strongly toxic cardiac glycosides
Broadershrub, bushA low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems

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