Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Strophanthus having whorled leaves and showy flowers of various colors in dense and corymbose clusters;
some have poisonous seeds;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Strophanthus \Stro*phan"thus\, n. [NL., from Gr. ? a turning + ?
a flower.] (Bot.)
A genus of tropical apocynaceous shrubs having singularly
twisted flowers. One species (Strophanthus hispidus) is
used medicinally as a cardiac sedative and stimulant.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
strophanthus
n 1: any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus
Strophanthus having whorled leaves and showy flowers of
various colors in dense and corymbose clusters; some have
poisonous seeds