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CHALICE VINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does chalice vine mean? 

CHALICE VINE (noun)
  The noun CHALICE VINE has 1 sense:

1. Mexican evergreen climbing plant having large solitary funnel-shaped fragrant yellow flowers with purple-brown ridges in the throatplay

  Familiarity information: CHALICE VINE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CHALICE VINE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Mexican evergreen climbing plant having large solitary funnel-shaped fragrant yellow flowers with purple-brown ridges in the throat

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

chalice vine; cupflower; Solandra guttata; trumpet flower

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

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

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

genus Solandra; Solandra (shrubby climbers of tropical America)


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