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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 flowersplay

  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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