HyperDic: genus_vincetoxicum

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Vincetoxicum:
NOUNplantgenus Vincetoxicum, Vincetoxicumgenus of chiefly tropical American vines having cordate leaves and large purple or greenish cymose flowers
English > genus Vincetoxicum: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaninggenus of chiefly tropical American vines having cordate leaves and large purple or greenish cymose flowers; supposedly having powers as an antidote.
SynonymVincetoxicum
Member ofAsclepiadaceae, family Asclepiadaceae, milkweed familywidely distributed family of herbs and shrubs of the order Gentianales
Membersnegro vine, Vincetoxicum hirsutum, Vincetoxicum negrumTwining vine with hairy foliage and dark purplish-brown flowers
Broaderdicot genus, magnoliopsid genusgenus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
Spanishgenus vincetoxicum, vincetoxicum
Catalangenus vincetoxicum, vincetoxicum

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