ALSTONIA SCHOLARIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Alstonia scholaris mean? 

• ALSTONIA SCHOLARIS (noun)
  The noun ALSTONIA SCHOLARIS has 1 sense:

1. evergreen tree of eastern Asia and Philippines having large leathery leaves and small green-white flowers in compact cymes; bark formerly used medicinally

  Familiarity information: ALSTONIA SCHOLARIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ALSTONIA SCHOLARIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Evergreen tree of eastern Asia and Philippines having large leathery leaves and small green-white flowers in compact cymes; bark formerly used medicinally

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Alstonia scholaris; devil tree; dita; dita bark

Hypernyms ("Alstonia scholaris" is a kind of...):

tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)

Holonyms ("Alstonia scholaris" is a member of...):

Alstonia; genus Alstonia (genus of evergreen trees or shrubs with white funnel-shaped flowers and milky sap; tropical Africa to southeastern Asia and Polynesia)