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GENUS PERIPLOCA

• GENUS PERIPLOCA (noun)
The noun GENUS PERIPLOCA has 1 sense:

1. genus of woody vines of warm regions of the Old World

Familiarity information: GENUS PERIPLOCA used as a noun is very rare.

• GENUS PERIPLOCA (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Genus of woody vines of warm regions of the Old World

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Periploca; Periploca

Hypernyms ("genus Periploca" is a kind of...):

dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)

Meronyms (members of "genus Periploca"):

Periploca graeca; silk vine (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 Minor)

Holonyms ("genus Periploca" is a member of...):

Asclepiadaceae; family Asclepiadaceae; milkweed family (widely distributed family of herbs and shrubs of the order Gentianales; most with milky juice)

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