water-white

Water-white

Wa"ter-white`\, n. (Bot.) A vinelike plant (Vitis Carib[ae]a) growing in parched districts in the West Indies, and containing a great amount of sap which is sometimes used for quenching thirst.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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