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GENUS MENISPERMUM

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Climbing herbs

Synonyms:

genus Menispermum; Menispermum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

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

Meronyms (members of "genus Menispermum"):

Canada moonseed; common moonseed; Menispermum canadense; yellow parilla (a woody vine of eastern North America having large oval leaves and small white flowers and purple to blue-black fruits)

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

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

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