WILD POTATO

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Meaning:

Erect or spreading perennial of southwestern United States and Mexico bearing small pale brown to cream-colored tubers resembling potatoes

Synonyms:

Solanum jamesii; wild potato

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("wild potato" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("wild potato" is a member of...):

genus Solanum; Solanum (type genus of the Solanaceae: nightshade; potato; eggplant; bittersweet)