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Noun: potato vine  pu'tey-tow vIn
  1. Vine of Costa Rica sparsely armed with hooklike spines and having large lilac-blue flowers
    "The potato vine covered the fence with its stunning blooms";
    - giant potato creeper, Solanum wendlandii
     
  2. Copiously branched vine of Brazil having deciduous leaves and white flowers tinged with blue
    "The potato vine climbed up the garden wall";
    - Solanum jasmoides

Derived forms: potato vines

Type of: vine

Part of: genus Solanum, Solanum

Encyclopedia: Potato vine