PERIPLOCA
Dictionary entry overview: What does Periploca mean? • PERIPLOCA (noun)
The noun PERIPLOCA has 1 sense:
1. genus of woody vines of warm regions of the Old World
Familiarity information: PERIPLOCA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• PERIPLOCA (noun)
Meaning:
Genus of woody vines of warm regions of the Old World
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Periploca; Periploca
Hypernyms ("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 "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 ("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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