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POTATO VINE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Copiously branched vine of Brazil having deciduous leaves and white flowers tinged with blue

Synonyms:

potato vine; Solanum jasmoides

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

vine (a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface)

Holonyms ("potato vine" is a member of...):

genus Solanum; Solanum (type genus of the Solanaceae: nightshade; potato; eggplant; bittersweet)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Vine of Costa Rica sparsely armed with hooklike spines and having large lilac-blue flowers

Synonyms:

giant potato creeper; potato vine; Solanum wendlandii

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

vine (a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface)

Holonyms ("potato vine" is a member of...):

genus Solanum; Solanum (type genus of the Solanaceae: nightshade; potato; eggplant; bittersweet)

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