The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
Tetracera alnifolia — Water tree Wa ter tree (Bot.) A climbing shrub ({Tetracera alnifolia} syn. {Tetracera potatoria}) of Western Africa, which pours out a watery sap from the freshly cut stems. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Water tree — Wa ter tree (Bot.) A climbing shrub ({Tetracera alnifolia} syn. {Tetracera potatoria}) of Western Africa, which pours out a watery sap from the freshly cut stems. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
water tree — noun : any of several chiefly tropical plants with fluids that may be used as an emergency source of drinking water: as a. : a large Ceylonese pitcher plant (Nepenthes distillatoria) b. : an African woody vein (Tetracera potatoria) that yields… … Useful english dictionary
