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    GENUS CYNANCUM

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Genus of perennial tropical African lianasplay

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("genus Cynancum" is a kind of...):

    dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)

    Meronyms (members of "genus Cynancum"):

    cynancum (any of various mostly giant tropical lianas of Africa and Madagascar having greenish or purple flowers and long smooth pods; roots formerly used as an emetic)

    Holonyms ("genus Cynancum" is a member of...):

    Asclepiadaceae; family Asclepiadaceae; milkweed family (widely distributed family of herbs and shrubs of the order Gentianales; most with milky juice)

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