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Definition of Genus acocanthera
1. Noun. Small genus of trees and shrubs containing strongly toxic cardiac glycosides; Arabia to Africa.
Exact synonyms: Acocanthera, Acokanthera, Genus Acokanthera
Generic synonyms: Dicot Genus, Magnoliopsid Genus
Group relationships: Apocynaceae, Dogbane Family, Family Apocynaceae
Member holonyms: Acocanthera Oblongifolia, Acocanthera Spectabilis, Poison Arrow Plant, Winter Sweet, Acocanthera Oppositifolia, Acocanthera Venenata, Bushman's Poison, Ordeal Tree
Generic synonyms: Dicot Genus, Magnoliopsid Genus
Group relationships: Apocynaceae, Dogbane Family, Family Apocynaceae
Member holonyms: Acocanthera Oblongifolia, Acocanthera Spectabilis, Poison Arrow Plant, Winter Sweet, Acocanthera Oppositifolia, Acocanthera Venenata, Bushman's Poison, Ordeal Tree
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Acocanthera
Literary usage of Genus acocanthera
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Pharmacology and Therapeutics for Students and Practitioners of Medicine by Horatio Charles Wood (1916)
"... from various species of the genus Acocanthera, which belongs to the botanical
family of the ..."
2. Jahresbericht über die Leistungen und Fortschritte in der gesammten Medicin edited by Rudolf Ludwig Karl Virchow, August Hirsch, Carl Posner (1894)
"Journ. Transact. Vol. XXIII. p. 379. — 4) Holmes, EM, Arrow poisons of the genus
Acocanthera. Ibidem. Vol. ..."
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