Vincetoxicum

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Vincetoxicum - genus of chiefly tropical American vines having cordate leaves and large purple or greenish cymose flowers; supposedly having powers as an antidotegenus Vincetoxicumdicot genus, magnoliopsid genus - genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germinationAsclepiadaceae, family Asclepiadaceae, milkweed family - widely distributed family of herbs and shrubs of the order Gentianales; most with milky juicenegro vine, Vincetoxicum hirsutum, Vincetoxicum negrum - twining vine with hairy foliage and dark purplish-brown flowers