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ˈwater-vine
A name for several plants which yield an abundant watery juice. a. Tetracera alnifolia (or potatoria): see prec. 2. b. Phytocrene gigantea, a tall climbing shrub of Martaban, Burma. c. The W. Indian climber Doliocarpus Calinea.
1833Penny Cycl. I. 187/1 (art. Africa) The water-vine (Tetracera potatoria), the stems of which are a sort of vegetable fountain, discharging, when cut across, a cool, limpid, and refreshing fluid. 1846Lindley Veget. Kingd. 271 In the province of Martaban, Dr. Wallich found his Water Vine (Phytocrene) whose singular soft and porous wood discharges when wounded a very large quantity of pure and tasteless fluid, which is quite wholesome, and drunk by the natives. 1864Grisebach Flora W. Ind. Isl. 788 Water-vine, Doliocarpus Calinea. 1871Kingsley At Last xi. II. 105 We cut a water-vine, and had a long cool drink. |