Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
Pe·rip·lo·ca Pronunciation:
p&-'rip-l&-k& Function:
noun : a genus of woody vines of the milkweed family(Asclepiadaceae) found in warm regions of the Old World, having opposite entire leaves, cymose flowers with a rotate corolla, and cylindrical follicles, and including the silk vine (
P. graeca)
