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    SILK VINE

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Deciduous climber for arches and fences having ill-scented but interesting flowers and poisonous yellow fruits; cultivated for its dark shining foliage; southeastern Europe to Asia Minorplay

    Synonyms:

    Periploca graeca; silk vine

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("silk vine" is a kind of...):

    vine (a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface)

    Holonyms ("silk vine" is a member of...):

    genus Periploca; Periploca (genus of woody vines of warm regions of the Old World)

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