noun
chiefly tropical trees or shrubs or herbs having milky juice and often showy flowers; many are sources of drugs
• Syn: ↑Apocynaceae, ↑dogbane family
• Hypernyms: ↑dicot family, ↑magnoliopsid family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Gentianales, ↑order Gentianales
• Member Meronyms:
↑Apocynum, ↑genus Apocynum, ↑Acocanthera, ↑genus Acocanthera, ↑Acokanthera, ↑genus Acokanthera, ↑Adenium, ↑genus Adenium, ↑genus Allamanda, ↑Alstonia, ↑genus Alstonia, ↑Amsonia, ↑genus Amsonia, ↑Beaumontia, ↑genus Beaumontia, ↑genus Carissa, ↑Catharanthus, ↑genus Catharanthus, ↑Holarrhena, ↑genus Holarrhena, ↑Mandevilla, ↑genus Mandevilla, ↑Dipladenia, ↑genus Dipladenia, ↑Nerium, ↑genus Nerium, ↑Plumeria, ↑genus Plumeria, ↑Plumiera, ↑genus Rauwolfia, ↑genus Rauvolfia, ↑genus Strophanthus, ↑Tabernaemontana, ↑genus Tabernaemontana, ↑Thevetia, ↑genus Thevetia, ↑Trachelospermum, ↑genus Trachelospermum, ↑Vinca, ↑genus Vinca
Useful english dictionary. 2012.