noun
genus of chiefly tropical American vines having cordate leaves and large purple or greenish cymose flowers; supposedly having powers as an antidote
• Syn: ↑Vincetoxicum
• Hypernyms: ↑dicot genus, ↑magnoliopsid genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Asclepiadaceae, ↑family Asclepiadaceae, ↑milkweed family
• Member Meronyms: ↑negro vine, ↑Vincetoxicum hirsutum, ↑Vincetoxicum negrum
Useful english dictionary. 2012.