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PARTHENOCISSUS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Woody vines having disklike tips on the tendrils

Synonyms:

genus Parthenocissus; Parthenocissus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Parthenocissus" 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 "Parthenocissus"):

Boston ivy; Japanese ivy; Parthenocissus tricuspidata (Asiatic vine with three-lobed leaves and purple berries)

American ivy; Parthenocissus quinquefolia; Virginia creeper; woodbine (common North American vine with compound leaves and bluish-black berrylike fruit)

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

family Vitaceae; grapevine family; Vitaceae; Vitidaceae (a family of vines belonging to order Rhamnales)

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