GENUS CYNANCUM

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Meaning:

Genus of perennial tropical African lianas

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("genus Cynancum" is a kind of...):

dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)

Meronyms (members of "genus Cynancum"):

cynancum (any of various mostly giant tropical lianas of Africa and Madagascar having greenish or purple flowers and long smooth pods; roots formerly used as an emetic)

Holonyms ("genus Cynancum" is a member of...):

Asclepiadaceae; family Asclepiadaceae; milkweed family (widely distributed family of herbs and shrubs of the order Gentianales; most with milky juice)

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