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GENUS VINCETOXICUM
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Genus of chiefly tropical American vines having cordate leaves and large purple or greenish cymose flowers; supposedly having powers as an antidote
Synonyms:
genus Vincetoxicum; Vincetoxicum
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Vincetoxicum" 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 Vincetoxicum"):
negro vine; Vincetoxicum hirsutum; Vincetoxicum negrum (twining vine with hairy foliage and dark purplish-brown flowers)
Holonyms ("genus Vincetoxicum" is a member of...):
Asclepiadaceae; family Asclepiadaceae; milkweed family (widely distributed family of herbs and shrubs of the order Gentianales; most with milky juice)
