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RUSSIAN VINE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Russian vine mean?
• RUSSIAN VINE (noun)
The noun RUSSIAN VINE has 1 sense:
1. twining perennial vine having racemes of fragrant greenish flowers; western China to Russia
Familiarity information: RUSSIAN VINE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Twining perennial vine having racemes of fragrant greenish flowers; western China to Russia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
China fleece vine; Polygonum aubertii; Russian vine; silver lace vine
Hypernyms ("Russian vine" is a kind of...):
vine (a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface)
Holonyms ("Russian vine" is a member of...):
genus Polygonum; Polygonum (diverse genus of herbs or woody subshrubs of north temperate regions)
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