THEVETIA PERUVIANA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Thevetia peruviana mean? 

• THEVETIA PERUVIANA (noun)
  The noun THEVETIA PERUVIANA 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 PERUVIANA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• THEVETIA PERUVIANA (noun)

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 peruviana" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Holonyms ("Thevetia peruviana" is a member of...):

genus Thevetia; Thevetia (genus of poisonous tropical American evergreen shrubs and trees having entire leaves and large cymose flowers)