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SWEET POTATO VINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sweet potato vine mean? 

SWEET POTATO VINE (noun)
  The noun SWEET POTATO VINE has 1 sense:

1. pantropical vine widely cultivated in several varieties for its large sweet tuberous root with orange fleshplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


SWEET POTATO VINE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Pantropical vine widely cultivated in several varieties for its large sweet tuberous root with orange flesh

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Ipomoea batatas; sweet potato; sweet potato vine

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

morning glory (any of various twining vines having funnel-shaped flowers that close late in the day)

Meronyms (parts of "sweet potato vine"):

sweet potato (the edible tuberous root of the sweet potato vine which is grown widely in warm regions of the United States)


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