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Definition of Apocynaceae
1. Noun. Chiefly tropical trees or shrubs or herbs having milky juice and often showy flowers; many are sources of drugs.
Exact synonyms: Dogbane Family, Family Apocynaceae
Generic synonyms: Dicot Family, Magnoliopsid Family
Member holonyms: Apocynum, Genus Apocynum, Acocanthera, Acokanthera, Genus Acocanthera, Genus Acokanthera, Adenium, Genus Adenium, Genus Allamanda, Alstonia, Genus Alstonia, Amsonia, Genus Amsonia, Beaumontia, Genus Beaumontia, Genus Carissa, Catharanthus, Genus Catharanthus, Genus Holarrhena, Holarrhena, Dipladenia, Genus Dipladenia, Genus Mandevilla, Mandevilla, Genus Nerium, Nerium, Genus Plumeria, Plumeria, Plumiera, Genus Rauvolfia, Genus Rauwolfia, Genus Strophanthus, Genus Tabernaemontana, Tabernaemontana, Genus Thevetia, Thevetia, Genus Trachelospermum, Trachelospermum, Genus Vinca, Vinca
Group relationships: Gentianales, Order Gentianales
Generic synonyms: Dicot Family, Magnoliopsid Family
Member holonyms: Apocynum, Genus Apocynum, Acocanthera, Acokanthera, Genus Acocanthera, Genus Acokanthera, Adenium, Genus Adenium, Genus Allamanda, Alstonia, Genus Alstonia, Amsonia, Genus Amsonia, Beaumontia, Genus Beaumontia, Genus Carissa, Catharanthus, Genus Catharanthus, Genus Holarrhena, Holarrhena, Dipladenia, Genus Dipladenia, Genus Mandevilla, Mandevilla, Genus Nerium, Nerium, Genus Plumeria, Plumeria, Plumiera, Genus Rauvolfia, Genus Rauwolfia, Genus Strophanthus, Genus Tabernaemontana, Tabernaemontana, Genus Thevetia, Thevetia, Genus Trachelospermum, Trachelospermum, Genus Vinca, Vinca
Group relationships: Gentianales, Order Gentianales
Lexicographical Neighbors of Apocynaceae
Literary usage of Apocynaceae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord. Britton, Hon. Addison. Brown (1913)
"apocynaceae Lindi. Nat. Syst. Ed. 2, 299. 1836. DOGBANE FAMILY. Perennial herbs,
shrubs, vines, or some tropical genera trees, mostly with an acrid milky ..."
2. Wild Flowers Worth Knowing by Neltje Blanchan (1917)
"DOGBANE FAMILY (apocynaceae') Spreading Dogbane; Fly-trap Dogbane; Honey-bloom;
Bitter-root Apocynum androsaemifolium Flowers—Delicate pink, veined with a ..."
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