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THEVETIA NERIIFOLIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Thevetia neriifolia mean?
• THEVETIA NERIIFOLIA (noun)
The noun THEVETIA NERIIFOLIA has 1 sense:
1. tropical American shrub or small tree having glossy dark green leaves and fragrant saffron yellow to orange or peach- colored flowers; all parts highly poisonous
Familiarity information: THEVETIA NERIIFOLIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tropical American shrub or small tree having glossy dark green leaves and fragrant saffron yellow to orange or peach- colored flowers; all parts highly poisonous
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Thevetia neriifolia; Thevetia peruviana; yellow oleander
Hypernyms ("Thevetia neriifolia" is a kind of...):
bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)
Holonyms ("Thevetia neriifolia" is a member of...):
genus Thevetia; Thevetia (genus of poisonous tropical American evergreen shrubs and trees having entire leaves and large cymose flowers)
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