HyperDic: agdestis

English > 1 sense of the word Agdestis:
NOUNplantAgdestis, genus Agdestisa genus with one species that is a rapidly growing climbing vine with tuberous roots
English > Agdestis: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningA genus with one species that is a rapidly growing climbing vine with tuberous roots; grown in hot climates.
Synonymgenus Agdestis
Member ofPhytolaccaceae, family Phytolaccaceae, pokeweed familychiefly tropical herbaceous plants (including shrubs and trees) with racemose flowers
Broadercaryophylloid dicot genusgenus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers
climberA vine or climbing plant that readily grows up a support or over other plants

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