Definition of Cynancum

1. Noun. 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.

Generic synonyms: Liana
Group relationships: Genus Cynancum

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cynancum

cymose
cymosely
cymotrichous
cymotrichy
cymous
cymrite
cymrites
cymule
cymules
cymæ
cymæ inversæ
cymæ rectæ
cymæ reversæ
cynanche
cynanches
cynancum (current term)
cynanthropies
cynanthropy
cynarctomachy
cynarrhodium
cynegetic
cynegetics
cynganeddion
cynghanedd
cynic
cynic spasm
cynical
cynically
cynicalness
cynicism

Literary usage of Cynancum

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Essai de phytostatique appliqué à la chaîne du Jura et aux contrées voisines by Jules Thurmann (1849)
"... Ruscus, Buxus, Prunella grandi- flora, Verbascum lychnitis, cynancum, Acer monspessulanum, Rhamnus ala- ternus, etc., et en même temps quelques espèces ..."

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