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TAMUS COMMUNIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Tamus communis mean?
• TAMUS COMMUNIS (noun)
The noun TAMUS COMMUNIS has 1 sense:
1. common European twining vine with tuberous roots and cordate leaves and red berries
Familiarity information: TAMUS COMMUNIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Common European twining vine with tuberous roots and cordate leaves and red berries
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
black bindweed; black bryony; Tamus communis
Hypernyms ("Tamus communis" is a kind of...):
vine (a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface)
Holonyms ("Tamus communis" is a member of...):
genus Tamus; Tamus (a genus of tuberous vines of the family Dioscoreaceae; has twining stems and heart-shaped leaves and axillary racemes)
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