Giant Potato Creeper (Noun)
Meaning
Vine of Costa Rica sparsely armed with hooklike spines and having large lilac-blue flowers.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- The giant potato creeper wrapped its spiny vines around the trees of the rainforest.
- While trekking through the cloud forest of Costa Rica, the tourists marveled at the vibrant flowers of the giant potato creeper.
- Native birds love to make their nests among the thick leaves and twisted vines of the giant potato creeper.
- Locals value the giant potato creeper for its fragrant blooms that can perfume the entire house when placed in a vase.
- With patience and pruning, a trained horticulturist managed to grow the normally thorny giant potato creeper in an enclosed greenery of controlled atmosphere.