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SILK VINE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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:
Hypernyms ("silk vine" is a kind of...):
vine (a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface)
Holonyms ("silk vine" is a member of...):
genus Periploca; Periploca (genus of woody vines of warm regions of the Old World)