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CLIMBING BONESET
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Dictionary entry overview: What does climbing boneset mean?
• CLIMBING BONESET (noun)
The noun CLIMBING BONESET has 1 sense:
1. herb of tropical America having vanilla-scented flowers; climbs up trees
Familiarity information: CLIMBING BONESET used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Herb of tropical America having vanilla-scented flowers; climbs up trees
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
climbing boneset; climbing hemp-vine; climbing hempweed; Mikania scandens; wild climbing hempweed
Hypernyms ("climbing boneset" is a kind of...):
vine (a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface)
Holonyms ("climbing boneset" is a member of...):
genus Mikania; Mikania (large genus of evergreen lianas of tropical America)
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