SILK VINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does silk vine mean? 

• SILK VINE (noun)
  The noun SILK VINE 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: SILK VINE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SILK VINE (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 ("silk vine" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("silk vine" is a member of...):

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