HyperDic: genus_cynancum

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Cynancum:
NOUNplantgenus Cynancumgenus of perennial tropical African lianas
English > genus Cynancum: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaninggenus of perennial tropical African lianas.
Member ofAsclepiadaceae, family Asclepiadaceae, milkweed familywidely distributed family of herbs and shrubs of the order Gentianales
MemberscynancumAny of various mostly giant tropical lianas of Africa and Madagascar / Madagascar having greenish or purple flowers and long smooth pods
Broaderdicot genus, magnoliopsid genusgenus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
Spanishgenus cynancum
Catalangenus cynancum

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