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GIANT POTATO CREEPER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does giant potato creeper mean? 

GIANT POTATO CREEPER (noun)
  The noun GIANT POTATO CREEPER has 1 sense:

1. vine of Costa Rica sparsely armed with hooklike spines and having large lilac-blue flowersplay

  Familiarity information: GIANT POTATO CREEPER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GIANT POTATO CREEPER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Vine of Costa Rica sparsely armed with hooklike spines and having large lilac-blue flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

giant potato creeper; potato vine; Solanum wendlandii

Hypernyms ("giant potato creeper" is a kind of...):

vine (a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface)

Holonyms ("giant potato creeper" is a member of...):

genus Solanum; Solanum (type genus of the Solanaceae: nightshade; potato; eggplant; bittersweet)


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