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COCCULUS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Climbing plants or shrubs

Synonyms:

Cocculus; genus Cocculus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Cocculus" is a kind of...):

magnoliid dicot genus (genus of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms)

Meronyms (members of "Cocculus"):

Carolina moonseed; Cocculus carolinus (woody vine of southeastern United States resembling the common moonseed but having red fruits)

Holonyms ("Cocculus" is a member of...):

family Menispermaceae; Menispermaceae; moonseed family (herbaceous or woody climbers)

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