Definition of Genus Mikania

1. Noun. Large genus of evergreen lianas of tropical America.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Mikania

genus Microcentrum
genus Micrococcus
genus Microdipodops
genus Microgramma
genus Micromeria
genus Micromyx
genus Micropogonias
genus Micropterus
genus Microsorium
genus Microsporum
genus Microstomus
genus Microstrobos
genus Microtus
genus Micruroides
genus Micrurus
genus Mikania (current term)
genus Millettia
genus Miltonia
genus Mimosa
genus Mimus
genus Minuartia
genus Mirabilis
genus Mirounga
genus Mitchella
genus Mitella
genus Mnium
genus Mobula
genus Moehringia
genus Mohria
genus Mola

Literary usage of Genus Mikania

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1865)
"... the allied genus Mikania. EU'PEN, a flourishing manufacturing town of Rhenish Prussia, is situated in a beautiful valley on the Weeze, within 2 miles of ..."

2. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People by Chambers, W. and R., publ (1876)
"... much valued in Peru as a cure for snake-bites, is supposed to belong to the allied genus Mikania. EU'PEN, a flourishing manufacturing town of Rhenish ..."

3. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1878)
"GUACO or HUACO, much valued in Peru as a cure for snake-bites, is supposed to belong to the allied genus Mikania. EU'PEN, a flourishing manufacturing town ..."

4. The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals by Charles Darwin (1876)
"genus Mikania, there are leaf-climbing and twining species. The leaf-climbing species of Clematis are very closely allied to the tendril-bearing ..."

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