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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 flowers
2. copiously branched vine of Brazil having deciduous leaves and white flowers tinged with blue
Familiarity information: POTATO VINE used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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