| NOUN | plant | genus Vincetoxicum, Vincetoxicum | genus of chiefly tropical American vines having cordate leaves and large purple or greenish cymose flowers |
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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. | |
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| Synonym | Vincetoxicum | |
| Member of | Asclepiadaceae, family Asclepiadaceae, milkweed family | widely distributed family of herbs and shrubs of the order Gentianales |
| Members | negro vine, Vincetoxicum hirsutum, Vincetoxicum negrum | Twining vine with hairy foliage and dark purplish-brown flowers |
| Broader | dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus | genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination |
| Spanish | genus vincetoxicum, vincetoxicum | |
| Catalan | genus vincetoxicum, vincetoxicum | |
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