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BARBADOS-GOOSEBERRY VINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Barbados-gooseberry vine mean? 

BARBADOS-GOOSEBERRY VINE (noun)
  The noun BARBADOS-GOOSEBERRY VINE has 1 sense:

1. West Indian woody climber with spiny stems and numerous fragrant white flowers in panicles followed by small yellow to orange fruitsplay

  Familiarity information: BARBADOS-GOOSEBERRY VINE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BARBADOS-GOOSEBERRY VINE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

West Indian woody climber with spiny stems and numerous fragrant white flowers in panicles followed by small yellow to orange fruits

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Barbados-gooseberry vine; Barbados gooseberry; Pereskia aculeata

Hypernyms ("Barbados-gooseberry vine" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (parts of "Barbados-gooseberry vine"):

Barbados gooseberry; blade apple (small yellow to orange fruit of the Barbados gooseberry cactus used in desserts and preserves and jellies)

Holonyms ("Barbados-gooseberry vine" is a member of...):

genus Peireskia; genus Pereskia; Peireskia; Pereskia (genus of tropical American shrubby trees and woody climbers having slender branches with broad flat leaves and large panicles of flowers)


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