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SILVERVINE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does silvervine mean?
• SILVERVINE (noun)
The noun SILVERVINE has 1 sense:
1. ornamental vine of eastern Asia having yellow edible fruit and leaves with silver-white markings
Familiarity information: SILVERVINE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Ornamental vine of eastern Asia having yellow edible fruit and leaves with silver-white markings
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Actinidia polygama; silver vine; silvervine
Hypernyms ("silvervine" is a kind of...):
vine (a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface)
Holonyms ("silvervine" is a member of...):
Actinidia; genus Actinidia (small Asiatic woody vine bearing many-seeded fruit)
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