potato vine

potato vine
1. a tender, woody Brazilian vine, Solanum jasminoides, of the nightshade family, having starlike, blue-tinged white flowers in clusters, grown as an ornamental.
[1765-75]

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  • potato vine — noun 1. vine of Costa Rica sparsely armed with hooklike spines and having large lilac blue flowers • Syn: ↑giant potato creeper, ↑Solanum wendlandii • Hypernyms: ↑vine • Member Holonyms: ↑Solanum, ↑genus Solanum …   Useful english dictionary

  • potato vine — /pəˈteɪtoʊ vaɪn/ (say puh taytoh vuyn) noun 1. Also, white potato creeper. an evergreen creeper, Solanum jasminoides, with clusters of star shaped white flowerings producing a berry shaped green fruit; native to Brazil. 2. → Madeira vine …  

  • potato vine — noun a semi evergreen climbing plant with pale blue or white flowers, related to the potato and native to South and Central America. [Solanum jasminoides.] …   English new terms dictionary

  • Uruguay potato vine — noun South American potato vine • Syn: ↑Uruguay potato, ↑Solanum commersonii • Hypernyms: ↑vine • Member Holonyms: ↑Solanum, ↑genus Solanum • …   Useful english dictionary

  • wild potato vine — noun tropical American prostrate or climbing herbaceous perennial having an enormous starchy root; sometimes held to be source of the sweet potato • Syn: ↑wild sweet potato vine, ↑man of the earth, ↑manroot, ↑scammonyroot, ↑Ipomoea panurata,… …   Useful english dictionary

  • wild sweet potato vine — noun tropical American prostrate or climbing herbaceous perennial having an enormous starchy root; sometimes held to be source of the sweet potato • Syn: ↑wild potato vine, ↑man of the earth, ↑manroot, ↑scammonyroot, ↑Ipomoea panurata, ↑Ipomoea… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Potato — Po*ta to, n.; pl. {Potatoes}. [Sp. patata potato, batata sweet potato, from the native American name (probably batata) in Hayti.] (Bot.) (a) A plant ({Solanum tuberosum}) of the Nightshade family, and its esculent farinaceous tuber, of which… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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