Definition of Periploca graeca

1. Noun. Deciduous climber for arches and fences having ill-scented but interesting flowers and poisonous yellow fruits; cultivated for its dark shining foliage; southeastern Europe to Asia Minor.

Exact synonyms: Silk Vine
Generic synonyms: Vine
Group relationships: Genus Periploca, Periploca

Lexicographical Neighbors of Periploca Graeca

Peridinium
Perilla frutescens crispa
Periodontal Disease Index
Perioikoi
Perioikos
Periophthalmus
Peripatetic
Peripatetick
Peripatetics
Peripatidae
Peripatopsidae
Peripatopsis
Periplaneta americana
Periplaneta australasiae
Periploca
Periploca graeca (current term)
Perisoreus
Perisoreus canadensis
Perisoreus canadensis capitalis
Peristediinae
Peristedion
Peristedion miniatum
Peritrate
Peritrichida
Perkinism
Perkins
Perkinsian
Perl
Perlia
Perlia's nucleus

Literary usage of Periploca graeca

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

1. Annals of Botany by Carl Dietrich Eberhard König, John Sims (1806)
"All that we have hereto determine is, whether Periploca graeca should remain with the other species of the genus. Jacquin is of opinion that it should be ..."

2. Systematic Anatomy of the Dicotyledons: A Handbook for Laboratories of Pure by Hans Solereder (1908)
"... clustered crystals are found in the secondary bast in Gymnema, and similar elements with solitary crystals in the secondary bast in Periploca graeca. ..."

3. Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society by Cambridge Philosophical Society (1883)
"Periploca graeca, exhibits according to Reichenbach, a type of pollen- formation exactly comparable to that of the Orchid genera ..."

4. In a Gloucestershire Garden by Henry Nicholson Ellacombe (1895)
"... both of which will very rapidly cover anything to which they are attached. The Periploca graeca, which covers the hedges in many parts of ..."

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