Definition of Genus Periploca

1. Noun. Genus of woody vines of warm regions of the Old World.

Exact synonyms: Periploca
Generic synonyms: Dicot Genus, Magnoliopsid Genus
Group relationships: Asclepiadaceae, Family Asclepiadaceae, Milkweed Family
Member holonyms: Periploca Graeca, Silk Vine

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Periploca

genus Pennatula
genus Pennisetum
genus Penstemon
genus Peperomia
genus Perca
genus Percina
genus Perdix
genus Pereskia
genus Pericallis
genus Peridinium
genus Perilla
genus Periophthalmus
genus Peripatopsis
genus Peripatus
genus Periplaneta
genus Periploca (current term)
genus Perisoreus
genus Peristedion
genus Pernis
genus Perodicticus
genus Perognathus
genus Peromyscus
genus Peronospora
genus Persea
genus Persoonia
genus Pertusaria
genus Petasites
genus Petaurista
genus Petaurus
genus Petrocoptis

Literary usage of Genus Periploca

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

1. Journal of a Tour in Marocco and the Great Atlas by Joseph Dalton Hooker, John Ball, George Maw (1878)
"The genus Periploca, which takes its name from the twining stems of the species first known to botanists, has its centre in the sub-tropical zone of the ..."

2. Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society.. by Wernerian Natural History Society (1811)
"... is unquestionable, but the differences in the structure of its flower, appear to me sufficient to justify its separation from that genus. PERIPLOCA. ..."

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