impala lily

impala lily
noun
South African shrub having a swollen succulent stem and bearing showy pink and white flowers after the leaves fall; popular as an ornamental in tropics
Hypernyms: ↑shrub, ↑bush
Member Holonyms: ↑Adenium, ↑genus Adenium

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noun
: a succulent-stemmed shrub (Adenium multiflorum) of the family Apocynaceae of southern Africa with showy pink and white flowers borne after the leaves fall

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