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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 flowers
Familiarity information: GIANT POTATO CREEPER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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