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WHITE POTATO VINE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does white potato vine mean?
• WHITE POTATO VINE (noun)
The noun WHITE POTATO VINE has 1 sense:
1. annual native to South America having underground stolons bearing edible starchy tubers; widely cultivated as a garden vegetable; vines are poisonous
Familiarity information: WHITE POTATO VINE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Annual native to South America having underground stolons bearing edible starchy tubers; widely cultivated as a garden vegetable; vines are poisonous
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
potato; Solanum tuberosum; white potato; white potato vine
Hypernyms ("white potato vine" is a kind of...):
vine (a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface)
Meronyms (parts of "white potato vine"):
Irish potato; murphy; potato; spud; tater; white potato (an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland)
Holonyms ("white potato vine" is a member of...):
genus Solanum; Solanum (type genus of the Solanaceae: nightshade; potato; eggplant; bittersweet)
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