Water vine

Water vine
Water vine Wa"ter vine` (Bot.) Any plant of the genus {Phytocrene}, climbing shrubs of Asia and Africa, the stems of which are singularly porous, and when cut stream with a limpid potable juice. [1913 Webster]

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