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Noun: Apocynaceae
  1. Chiefly tropical trees, shrubs or herbs having milky juice and often showy flowers; many are sources of drugs
    - family Apocynaceae, dogbane family

Type of: dicot family, magnoliopsid family

Part of: Gentianales, order Gentianales

Encyclopedia: Apocynaceae