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HAOMA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does haoma mean?
• HAOMA (noun)
The noun HAOMA has 1 sense:
1. leafless East Indian vine; its sour milky juice formerly used to make an intoxicating drink
Familiarity information: HAOMA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Leafless East Indian vine; its sour milky juice formerly used to make an intoxicating drink
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
haoma; Sarcostemma acidum; soma
Hypernyms ("haoma" is a kind of...):
vine (a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface)
Holonyms ("haoma" is a member of...):
genus Sarcostemma; Sarcostemma (succulent subshrubs or vines; tropical and subtropical India and Africa and Malaysia)
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