» genus vincetoxicum
Noun (1 meaning)
1. genus of chiefly tropical American vines having cordate leaves and large purple or greenish cymose flowers; supposedly having powers as an antidote.
genus vincetoxicum is a type of:
- dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus (noun) - genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
genus vincetoxicum is a member of:
- Asclepiadaceae, family Asclepiadaceae, milkweed family (noun) - widely distributed family of herbs and shrubs of the order Gentianales
members of genus vincetoxicum:
- negro vine, Vincetoxicum hirsutum, Vincetoxicum negrum (noun) - twining vine with hairy foliage and dark purplish-brown flowers