Vincetoxicum

Vincetoxicum
noun
genus of chiefly tropical American vines having cordate leaves and large purple or greenish cymose flowers; supposedly having powers as an antidote
Syn: ↑genus Vincetoxicum
Hypernyms: ↑dicot genus, ↑magnoliopsid genus
Member Holonyms: ↑Asclepiadaceae, ↑family Asclepiadaceae, ↑milkweed family
Member Meronyms: ↑negro vine, ↑Vincetoxicum hirsutum, ↑Vincetoxicum negrum

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\\ˌvin(t)səˈtäksə̇kəm\ noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Latin vincere to conquer + toxicum poison; from the former belief that it was a counterpoison — more at toxic
: a large genus of chiefly tropical American vines (family Asclepiadaceae) having cordate leaves and large purple or greenish cymose flowers with the corolla rotate and 5-parted and an entire or lobed crown — see negro vine

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