Periploca

noun

genus of woody vines of warm regions of the Old World

• Syn: ↑genus Periploca

• Hypernyms: ↑dicot genus, ↑magnoliopsid genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Asclepiadaceae, ↑family Asclepiadaceae, ↑milkweed family

• Member Meronyms: ↑silk vine, ↑Periploca graeca

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\\pəˈripləkə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek periplokē action of twining round, interlacing, from peri- + plokē action of twisting or turning, from the stem of plekein to plait, twine — more at ply

: a genus of woody vines (family Asclepiadaceae) found in warm regions of the Old World and having opposite entire leaves, cymose flowers with a rotate corolla, and cylindrical follicles — see silk vine