PERIPLOCA GRAECA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Deciduous climber for arches and fences having ill-scented but interesting flowers and poisonous yellow fruits; cultivated for its dark shining foliage; southeastern Europe to Asia Minor

Synonyms:

Periploca graeca; silk vine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Periploca graeca" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("Periploca graeca" is a member of...):

genus Periploca; Periploca (genus of woody vines of warm regions of the Old World)

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