| 1. | a tender, woody Brazilian vine, Solanum jasminoides, of the nightshade family, having starlike, blue-tinged white flowers in clusters, grown as an ornamental. |
| 2. | paradise flower. |
| a prickly vine, Solanum wendlandii, of the nightshade family, native to Costa Rica, having branched clusters of showy lilac-blue flowers. |
| potato vine | |
noun | |
| 1. | vine of Costa Rica sparsely armed with hooklike spines and having large lilac-blue flowers |
| 2. | copiously branched vine of Brazil having deciduous leaves and white flowers tinged with blue |