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WILD WATER LEMON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does wild water lemon mean? 

WILD WATER LEMON (noun)
  The noun WILD WATER LEMON has 1 sense:

1. tropical American passion flower with finely dissected bracts; stems malodorous when crushedplay

  Familiarity information: WILD WATER LEMON used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


WILD WATER LEMON (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Tropical American passion flower with finely dissected bracts; stems malodorous when crushed

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

love-in-a-mist; Passiflora foetida; running pop; wild water lemon

Hypernyms ("wild water lemon" is a kind of...):

passionflower; passionflower vine (any of various chiefly tropical American vines some bearing edible fruit)


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