NOUN | plant | Thevetia, genus Thevetia | genus of poisonous tropical American evergreen shrubs and trees having entire leaves and large cymose flowers |
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Meaning | genus of poisonous tropical American evergreen shrubs and trees having entire leaves and large cymose flowers. | |
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Synonym | genus Thevetia | |
Member of | Apocynaceae, family Apocynaceae, dogbane family | chiefly tropical trees or shrubs or herbs having milky juice and often showy flowers |
Members | yellow oleander, Thevetia peruviana, Thevetia neriifolia | Tropical American shrub or small tree having glossy dark green leaves and fragrant saffron yellow to orange or peach- colored flowers |
Broader | dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus | genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination |
Spanish | genus thevetia, thevetia | |
Catalan | genus thevetia, thevetia |
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