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Thevetia

noun

genus of poisonous tropical American evergreen shrubs and trees having entire leaves and large cymose flowers

• Syn: ↑genus Thevetia

• Hypernyms: ↑dicot genus, ↑magnoliopsid genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Apocynaceae, ↑family Apocynaceae, ↑dogbane family

• Member Meronyms: ↑yellow oleander, ↑Thevetia peruviana, ↑Thevetia neriifolia

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\\thə̇ˈvēsh(ē)ə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from André Thévet died 1592 French traveler and author + New Latin -ia

: a genus of tropical American trees and shrubs (family Apocynaceae) having alternate entire leaves and large cymose flowers with a campanulate corolla that has overlapping lobes

Useful english dictionary. 2012.