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Definition of Cinnamon vine
1. Noun. Hardy Chinese vine naturalized in United States and cultivated as an ornamental climber for its glossy heart-shaped cinnamon-scented leaves and in the tropics for its edible tubers.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cinnamon Vine
Literary usage of Cinnamon vine
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1914)
"The plant bears little tubers in the If.-axils, and these are usually planted to
produce the cinnamon vine; but it is not until the second year that plants ..."
2. Our Garden Flowers: A Popular Study of Their Native Lands, Their Life by Harriet Louise Keeler (1910)
"Fruit.—A three-winged Capsule; Seeds winged. cinnamon vine. ... The cinnamon vine
obtains its name from the fragrance of its flowers, which appear on ..."
3. The Minnesota Horticulturist by Minnesota State Horticultural Society (1903)
"The name "cinnamon vine" is rather elastic, as it includes many tropical and
sub.tropical ... is generally referred to as cinnamon vine on account of the ..."
4. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1900)
"The plant bears little tubers in the leaf-axils, and these are usually planted
to produce the cinnamon vine; but it is not until the second year that plants ..."
5. The Beginner's Garden Book: A Textbook for the Upper Grammar Grades by Allen French (1922)
"Other vines of this class are the cinnamon vine, a twiner that makes a rather
thin foliage, and the Madeira vine, another twiner, whose flowers resemble the ..."
6. Science of Home and Community: A Text-book in General Science by Gilbert Haven Trafton (1919)
"The more common kinds of summer bulbs are gladiolus, cinnamon vine, dahlia, and
tuberose. ... The cinnamon vine is valued for the rapidity of its growth, ..."
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