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SILVERVINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does silvervine mean? 

SILVERVINE (noun)
  The noun SILVERVINE has 1 sense:

1. ornamental vine of eastern Asia having yellow edible fruit and leaves with silver-white markingsplay

  Familiarity information: SILVERVINE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SILVERVINE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Ornamental vine of eastern Asia having yellow edible fruit and leaves with silver-white markings

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Actinidia polygama; silver vine; silvervine

Hypernyms ("silvervine" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("silvervine" is a member of...):

Actinidia; genus Actinidia (small Asiatic woody vine bearing many-seeded fruit)


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