Akademik

Araujia

noun

small genus of South American evergreen vines

• Syn: ↑genus Araujia

• Hypernyms: ↑dicot genus, ↑magnoliopsid genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Asclepiadaceae, ↑family Asclepiadaceae, ↑milkweed family

• Member Meronyms: ↑cruel plant, ↑Araujia sericofera

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\\əˈrȯjēə, -rau̇j-\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Antônio de Araujo de Azevedo died 1817 Portuguese statesman + New Latin -ia

: a small genus of So. American vines (family Asclepiadaceae) sometimes cultivated in greenhouses for their white or pink flowers

Useful english dictionary. 2012.