1. genus of evergreen trees or shrubs with white funnel-shaped flowers and milky sap; tropical Africa to southeastern Asia and Polynesia; [syn: Alstonia, genus Alstonia]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
genus Alstonia
n 1: genus of evergreen trees or shrubs with white funnel-shaped
flowers and milky sap; tropical Africa to southeastern Asia
and Polynesia [syn: Alstonia, genus Alstonia]