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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 Russiaplay

  Familiarity information: RUSSIAN VINE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


RUSSIAN VINE (noun)


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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