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VINCETOXICUM HIRSUTUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Vincetoxicum hirsutum mean?
• VINCETOXICUM HIRSUTUM (noun)
The noun VINCETOXICUM HIRSUTUM has 1 sense:
1. twining vine with hairy foliage and dark purplish-brown flowers
Familiarity information: VINCETOXICUM HIRSUTUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• VINCETOXICUM HIRSUTUM (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Twining vine with hairy foliage and dark purplish-brown flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
negro vine; Vincetoxicum hirsutum; Vincetoxicum negrum
Hypernyms ("Vincetoxicum hirsutum" is a kind of...):
vine (a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface)
Holonyms ("Vincetoxicum hirsutum" is a member of...):
genus Vincetoxicum; Vincetoxicum (genus of chiefly tropical American vines having cordate leaves and large purple or greenish cymose flowers; supposedly having powers as an antidote)
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