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Potato tree   /pətˈeɪtˌoʊ tri/   Listen
Potato tree

noun
1.
South American shrub or small tree widely cultivated in the tropics; not a true potato.  Synonyms: Brazilian potato tree, Solanum macranthum, Solanum wrightii.
2.
Hardy climbing shrub of Chile grown as an ornamental for its fragrant flowers; not a true potato.  Synonym: Solanum crispum.





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... still it was Transpontus. A botanist could tell it by the plants. The hollyhock was all-pervasive, running wild in deserts; the dock was common, and the bending reed; and overshadowing these were poplar, palm, potato tree, and Quercus Skeltica—brave growths. The graves were all embowelled in the Surrey-side formation; the soil was all betrodden by the light pump of T. P. Cooke. Skelt, to be sure, had yet another, an Oriental string: he held the gorgeous East in ...
— The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume 9 • Robert Louis Stevenson
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Words linked to "Potato tree" :   Solanum macranthum, vine, bush, shrub, Solanum, genus Solanum


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