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CHALICE VINE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Mexican evergreen climbing plant having large solitary funnel-shaped fragrant yellow flowers with purple-brown ridges in the throat
Synonyms:
chalice vine; cupflower; Solandra guttata; trumpet flower
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("chalice vine" is a kind of...):
bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)
Holonyms ("chalice vine" is a member of...):
genus Solandra; Solandra (shrubby climbers of tropical America)