genus alstonia

1. 1.

   genus of evergreen trees or shrubs with white funnel-shaped flowers and milky sap; tropical Africa to southeastern Asia and Polynesia

   SynonymsAlstonia

   Broaderdicot genus

   Part ofApocynaceae

Questions about genus alstonia

What does genus alstonia mean?

genus alstonia means "genus of evergreen trees or shrubs with white funnel-shaped flowers and milky sap; tropical Africa to southeastern Asia and Polynesia".

What is another word for genus alstonia?

Close synonyms include Alstonia. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus alstonia a common word?

genus alstonia is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.