EMERALD CREEPER

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Meaning:

Vigorous Philippine evergreen twining liana; grown for spectacular festoons of green flowers that resemble lobster claws

Synonyms:

emerald creeper; jade vine; Strongylodon macrobotrys

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("emerald creeper" is a kind of...):

liana (a woody climbing usually tropical plant)

Holonyms ("emerald creeper" is a member of...):

genus Strongylodon; Strongylodon (genus of Polynesian or southeastern Asian shrubs or vines)

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