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Definition of Genus Vincetoxicum
1. Noun. Genus of chiefly tropical American vines having cordate leaves and large purple or greenish cymose flowers; supposedly having powers as an antidote.
Generic synonyms: Dicot Genus, Magnoliopsid Genus
Group relationships: Asclepiadaceae, Family Asclepiadaceae, Milkweed Family
Member holonyms: Negro Vine, Vincetoxicum Hirsutum, Vincetoxicum Negrum
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Vincetoxicum
Literary usage of Genus Vincetoxicum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Leaflets of Botanical Observation and Criticism by Edward Lee Greene (1906)
"... but holds the opinion that this is the genus Vincetoxicum of antiquity, and
so, maintains that name. The other exception to the use of PNEUMONANTHE as a ..."
2. The Americana: A Universal Reference Library, Comprising the Arts and ...by George Edwin Rines, Frederick Converse Beach by George Edwin Rines, Frederick Converse Beach (1912)
"... secretes a viscid substance, on which insects become fixed, was formerly placed
in this genus. Vincetoxicum is the officinal name of the swallow-wort. ..."
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