Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A Mexican convolvulaceous climber, Ipomœa Quamoclit, with finely parted leaves and bright-scarlet or white flowers. It is frequently cultivated.
- noun The climbing fumitory, Adlumia fungosa.
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"Perhaps," said Nina, "his moral nature is something like the cypress-vine seeds which I planted three months ago, and which have just come up."
Dred; A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp. In Two Volumes. Vol. II 1856
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