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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 petalsplay

  Familiarity information: INDIAN CHOCOLATE used as a noun is very rare.


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INDIAN CHOCOLATE (noun)


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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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