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INDIAN CHOCOLATE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Indian chocolate mean?
• INDIAN CHOCOLATE (noun)
The noun INDIAN CHOCOLATE has 1 sense:
1. erect perennial of north temperate zone having pinnate leaves and a few nodding flowers with a brown-purple calyx and orange and pink petals
Familiarity information: INDIAN CHOCOLATE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Erect perennial of north temperate zone having pinnate leaves and a few nodding flowers with a brown-purple calyx and orange and pink petals
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
chocolate root; Geum rivale; Indian chocolate; purple avens; water avens
Hypernyms ("Indian chocolate" is a kind of...):
avens (any of various perennials of the genus Geum having usually pinnate basal leaves and variously colored flowers)
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