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POTATO VINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does potato vine mean? 

POTATO VINE (noun)
  The noun POTATO VINE has 2 senses:

1. vine of Costa Rica sparsely armed with hooklike spines and having large lilac-blue flowersplay

2. copiously branched vine of Brazil having deciduous leaves and white flowers tinged with blueplay

  Familiarity information: POTATO VINE used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


POTATO VINE (noun)


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 ("potato vine" is a kind of...):

vine (a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface)

Holonyms ("potato vine" is a member of...):

genus Solanum; Solanum (type genus of the Solanaceae: nightshade; potato; eggplant; bittersweet)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Copiously branched vine of Brazil having deciduous leaves and white flowers tinged with blue

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

potato vine; Solanum jasmoides

Hypernyms ("potato vine" is a kind of...):

vine (a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface)

Holonyms ("potato vine" is a member of...):

genus Solanum; Solanum (type genus of the Solanaceae: nightshade; potato; eggplant; bittersweet)


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