| 单词 | balloon vine |
| 释义 | > as lemmasballoon vine balloon vine n. chiefly U.S. a tropical American vine, Cardiospermum halicacabum, which bears large balloon-like pods. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > climbing or creeping plants > [noun] > heart-pea heart pea1597 Indian heart1597 winter cherry1597 heart-seed1759 balloon vine1835 1835 A. H. Lincoln Familiar Lect. Bot. (ed. 4) v. App. 84 Cardiospermum... Balloon vine. East Indies. 1865 C. Darwin in Jrnl. Linn. Soc. 9 88 The seed-capsules [of C. halicacabum], though light, are of enormous size (hence its English name of Balloon-vine). 1960 H. S. Zim Guide to Everglades 59 Balloon vine is named for its thin, swollen, seed capsules. 1992 Daily Herald (Chicago) 21 June viii. 5/2 Dainty-looking but easy to grow, the balloon vine is soon covered with delightful inflated seed pods. balloon vine balloon vine n. an Australian plant (see quots.). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > climbing or creeping plants > non-British climbing or creeping plants > [noun] > Australasian kareao1845 Kennedya1845 piripiri1853 balloon vine1889 wonga(-wonga) vine1895 Australian bluebell creeper1896 coral-pea1896 running postman1898 1889 J. H. Maiden Useful Native Plants Austral. 13 Cardiospermum halicacabum,..‘Heartseed’, ‘Heart-pea’, ‘Winter-cherry’, ‘Balloon Vine’. 1889 J. H. Maiden Useful Native Plants Austral. 161 ‘Balloon Vine’ (because of its inflated membranous capsule). < as lemmas |
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