genus vincetoxicum

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   genus of chiefly tropical American vines having cordate leaves and large purple or greenish cymose flowers; supposedly having powers as an antidote

   SynonymsVincetoxicum

   Broaderdicot genus

   Part ofAsclepiadaceae

Questions about genus vincetoxicum

What does genus vincetoxicum mean?

genus vincetoxicum means "genus of chiefly tropical American vines having cordate leaves and large purple or greenish cymose flowers; supposedly having powers as an antidote".

What is another word for genus vincetoxicum?

Close synonyms include Vincetoxicum. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus vincetoxicum a common word?

genus vincetoxicum is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.