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Periploca

noun Pe·rip·lo·ca \pə-ˈrip-lə-kə\

Medical Definition of PERIPLOCA

:  a genus of woody vines of the milkweed family (Asclepiadaceae) found in warm regions of the Old World that have dry many-seeded cylindrical fruits and include the silk vine

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