NEGRO VINE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Twining vine with hairy foliage and dark purplish-brown flowers

Synonyms:

negro vine; Vincetoxicum hirsutum; Vincetoxicum negrum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("negro vine" is a kind of...):

vine (a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface)

Holonyms ("negro vine" is a member of...):

genus Vincetoxicum; Vincetoxicum (genus of chiefly tropical American vines having cordate leaves and large purple or greenish cymose flowers; supposedly having powers as an antidote)

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