DIPLADENIA
Dictionary entry overview: What does Dipladenia mean?
• DIPLADENIA (noun)
The noun DIPLADENIA has 1 sense:
1. genus of tropical South American tuberous perennial woody vines with large racemose flowers and milky sap
Familiarity information: DIPLADENIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• DIPLADENIA (noun)
Meaning:
Genus of tropical South American tuberous perennial woody vines with large racemose flowers and milky sap
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Dipladenia; genus Dipladenia; genus Mandevilla; Mandevilla
Hypernyms ("Dipladenia" 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 "Dipladenia"):
Dipladenia boliviensis; Mandevilla boliviensis; white dipladenia (shrubby climber having glossy leaves and white funnel-shaped flowers with yellow throats)
Chilean jasmine; Mandevilla laxa (woody vine of Argentina grown as an ornamental for its glossy leaves and racemes of large fragrant funnel-shaped creamy-white flowers)
Holonyms ("Dipladenia" 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)
