periploca

1. 1.

   genus of woody vines of warm regions of the Old World

   Synonymsgenus Periploca

   Broaderdicot genus

   Part ofAsclepiadaceae

Other forms of periploca

plural

periplocas·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about periploca

What does periploca mean?

periploca means "genus of woody vines of warm regions of the Old World".

How many syllables are in periploca?

periploca has 4 syllables: pe-ri-plo-ca. The stress falls on "ri".

What is another word for periploca?

Close synonyms include genus Periploca. 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 periploca a common word?

periploca is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.