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

Type of: dicot family, magnoliopsid family

Part of: Gentianales, order Gentianales

Nearest

family Antedonidae
family Antennariidae
family Anthocerotaceae
family Antilocapridae
family Aphididae
family Aphyllanthaceae
family Apiaceae
family Apidae
family Aplodontiidae
family Aplysiidae
family Apocynaceae
family Apodidae
family Apogonidae
family Apterygidae
family Aquifoliaceae
family Araceae
family Araliaceae
family Araucariaceae
family Arcellidae
family Arcidae
family Arctiidae