Definition of apocynaceae Apocynaceae
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WordNet
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| apocynaceae - chiefly tropical trees or shrubs or herbs having milky juice and often showy flowers; many are sources of drugs | ||
| family Apocynaceae, dogbane family | ||
| dicot family, magnoliopsid family family of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination | ||
| gentianales, order gentianales an order of dicotyledonous plants having gamopetalous flowers; Gentianaceae; Apocynaceae; Asclepiadaceae; Loganiaceae; Oleaceae; Salvadoraceae | ||
| apocynum, genus apocynum perennial herbs with small pink or white flowers | ||
| acocanthera, acokanthera, genus acocanthera, genus acokanthera small genus of trees and shrubs containing strongly toxic cardiac glycosides; Arabia to Africa | ||
| adenium, genus adenium one species: succulent shrub or tree of tropical Africa and Arabia | ||
| genus allamanda genus of tropical American woody vines | ||
| alstonia, genus alstonia genus of evergreen trees or shrubs with white funnel-shaped flowers and milky sap; tropical Africa to southeastern Asia and Polynesia | ||
| amsonia, genus amsonia genus of herbs and subshrubs with milky juice and showy bluish flowers; Europe to Asia Minor to Japan and North America | ||
| beaumontia, genus beaumontia small genus of evergreen woody vines in the East Indies and Asia | ||
| genus carissa Old World genus of tropical evergreen usually spiny shrubs | ||
| catharanthus, genus catharanthus small genus of erect annual or perennial herbs native to Madagascar; widely naturalized in the tropics; formerly included in genus Vinca | ||
| genus holarrhena, holarrhena genus of deciduous trees and shrubs of tropical Africa and Asia | ||
| dipladenia, genus dipladenia, genus mandevilla, mandevilla genus of tropical South American tuberous perennial woody vines with large racemose flowers and milky sap | ||
| genus nerium, nerium one species: oleander | ||
| genus plumeria, plumeria, plumiera deciduous shrubs and trees of tropical America having branches like candelabra and fragrant white or pink flowers | ||
| genus rauvolfia, genus rauwolfia pantropical genus of somewhat poisonous shrubs and small trees | ||
| genus strophanthus genus of tropical Asiatic and African shrubs and woody vines and small trees | ||
| genus tabernaemontana, tabernaemontana evergreen tropical trees and shrubs with milky sap | ||
| genus thevetia, thevetia genus of poisonous tropical American evergreen shrubs and trees having entire leaves and large cymose flowers | ||
| genus trachelospermum, trachelospermum genus of Asiatic woody vines with milky sap in leaves and stems | ||
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Part of speech
🔤- apocynaceae, noun, singular of apocynaceaes.
