POROPORO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does poroporo mean? 

• POROPORO (noun)
  The noun POROPORO has 1 sense:

1. Australian annual sometimes cultivated for its racemes of purple flowers and edible yellow egg-shaped fruit

  Familiarity information: POROPORO used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• POROPORO (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Australian annual sometimes cultivated for its racemes of purple flowers and edible yellow egg-shaped fruit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

kangaroo apple; poroporo; Solanum aviculare

Hypernyms ("poroporo" is a kind of...):

nightshade (any of numerous shrubs or herbs or vines of the genus Solanum; most are poisonous though many bear edible fruit)