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    POTATO VINE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

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

    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 flowersplay

    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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