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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Water vine

/wôt'-ẽr vīn/ · Wa·ter vine · IPA
01 Any plant of the genus Phytocrene, climbing shrubs of Asia and Africa, the stems of which are singularly porous, and when cut stream with a…
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    Any plant of the genus Phytocrene, climbing shrubs of Asia and Africa, the stems of which are singularly porous, and when cut stream with a limpid potable juice.(Bot.)