单词 | mignonette-vine |
释义 | > as lemmasmignonette-vine mignonette-vine n. (a) now rare, a yellow-flowered plant, Madia elegans (family Asteraceae ( Compositae)), of western North America (also called tar-weed); (b) a liana, Anredera cordifolia (family Basellaceae), with fragrant white flowers and aerial tubers, native to subtropical South America and cultivated for ornament elsewhere. ΚΠ 1884 W. Miller Dict. Eng. Names Plants 86/1 Mignonette-vine, Madaria elegans and M. corymbosa. 1909 Cent. Dict. Suppl. at Boussingaultia B[oussingaultia] baselloides, commonly known as Madeira-vine or mignonette-vine, a native of Ecuador, is a popular perennial-rooted but tender twiner, used for porches. 1987 D. J. Mabberley Plant-bk. 33 A[nredera] cordifolia (Ten.) Steenis (Madeira or mignonette vine, subtrop. S Am.). < as lemmas |
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