| acocanthera | (n) small genus of trees and shrubs containing strongly toxic cardiac glycosides; Arabia to Africa, Syn. Acokanthera, genus Acocanthera, genus Acokanthera |
| bushman's poison | (n) evergreen shrub or tree of South Africa, Syn. Acocanthera venenata, Acocanthera oppositifolia, ordeal tree |
| winter sweet | (n) medium-sized shrubby tree of South Africa having thick leathery evergreen leaves and white or pink flowers and globose usually two-seeded purplish black fruits, Syn. poison arrow plant, Acocanthera oblongifolia, Acocanthera spectabilis |
| Acocanthera | n. same as Akocanthera. |