| 单词 | quarter-vine |
| 释义 | > as lemmasquarter-vine quarter-vine n. rare a vine of south-eastern North America, Bignonia capreolata (family Bignoniaceae), having a stem that readily splits into quarters because of a distinctive pattern of growth, with the xylem and phloem divided into four divisions; also called cross-vine. ΚΠ 1886 Bot. Gaz. 11 36 Bignonia capreolata was..known to the inhabitants, who call it the Quarter-vine, from the fact that by a little twisting the stems will cleave longitudinally along the planes whose cross-section gives the well-known ‘cross’ which has caused it to be called the ‘Cross-vine’. 1949 L. H. Bailey Man. Cultivated Plants (rev. ed.) 902 B. capreolata..Trumpet-flower. Cross-Vine. Quarter-Vine. 1970 D. S. Corell et al. Man. Vascular Plants Texas 1443 Quarter-vine, climbing in trees in moist woods in the e. Tex. pinelands. < as lemmas |
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