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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 poisonousplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


WHITE POTATO VINE (noun)


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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