PERIPLOCA GRAECA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Periploca graeca mean? 

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

1. 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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PERIPLOCA GRAECA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Periploca graeca; silk vine

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

vine (a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface)

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

genus Periploca; Periploca (genus of woody vines of warm regions of the Old World)