Noun: Apocynaceae
- Chiefly tropical trees, shrubs or herbs having milky juice and often showy flowers; many are sources of drugs
"Several species in the Apocynaceae are used in traditional medicine";
- family Apocynaceae, dogbane family
Type of: dicot family, magnoliopsid family
Part of: Gentianales, order Gentianales
Encyclopedia: Apocynaceae