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YELLOW PARILLA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does yellow parilla mean? 

YELLOW PARILLA (noun)
  The noun YELLOW PARILLA has 1 sense:

1. a woody vine of eastern North America having large oval leaves and small white flowers and purple to blue-black fruitsplay

  Familiarity information: YELLOW PARILLA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


YELLOW PARILLA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A woody vine of eastern North America having large oval leaves and small white flowers and purple to blue-black fruits

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Canada moonseed; common moonseed; Menispermum canadense; yellow parilla

Hypernyms ("yellow parilla" is a kind of...):

moonseed (plant of the family Menispermaceae having red or black fruit with crescent- or ring-shaped seeds)

Holonyms ("yellow parilla" is a member of...):

genus Menispermum; Menispermum (climbing herbs)


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