dogbane family

American  

noun

1. the plant family Apocynaceae, characterized by shrubs, trees, and herbaceous plants having milky and often poisonous juice, simple opposite leaves, often showy flowers, and fruit usually in dry pods, and including the dogbane, oleander, periwinkle, and plumeria.

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Example Sentences

Vinca, ving′ka, n. a genus of woody herbaceous plants of the dogbane family, the periwinkles.

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