noun
genus of poisonous tropical American evergreen shrubs and trees having entire leaves and large cymose flowers
• Syn: ↑genus Thevetia
• Hypernyms: ↑dicot genus, ↑magnoliopsid genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Apocynaceae, ↑family Apocynaceae, ↑dogbane family
• Member Meronyms: ↑yellow oleander, ↑Thevetia peruviana, ↑Thevetia neriifolia
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\\thə̇ˈvēsh(ē)ə\ nounUsage: capitalized
: a genus of tropical American trees and shrubs (family Apocynaceae) having alternate entire leaves and large cymose flowers with a campanulate corolla that has overlapping lobes
Useful english dictionary. 2012.