APOCYNUM
Dictionary entry overview: What does Apocynum mean? • APOCYNUM (noun)
The noun APOCYNUM has 1 sense:
1. perennial herbs with small pink or white flowers
Familiarity information: APOCYNUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• APOCYNUM (noun)
Meaning:
Perennial herbs with small pink or white flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Apocynum; genus Apocynum
Hypernyms ("Apocynum" is a kind of...):
dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)
Meronyms (members of "Apocynum"):
dogbane (any of several poisonous perennial plants of the genus Apocynum having acrid milky juice and bell-shaped white or pink flowers and a very bitter root)
Holonyms ("Apocynum" is a member of...):
Apocynaceae; dogbane family; family Apocynaceae (chiefly tropical trees or shrubs or herbs having milky juice and often showy flowers; many are sources of drugs)
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