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\ nounUsage: 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
Useful english dictionary. 2012.