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GENUS CYNANCUM
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Genus of perennial tropical African lianas
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Cynancum" 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 "genus Cynancum"):
cynancum (any of various mostly giant tropical lianas of Africa and Madagascar having greenish or purple flowers and long smooth pods; roots formerly used as an emetic)
Holonyms ("genus Cynancum" is a member of...):
Asclepiadaceae; family Asclepiadaceae; milkweed family (widely distributed family of herbs and shrubs of the order Gentianales; most with milky juice)
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