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Definition of Actinidia arguta

1. Noun. Climbing Asiatic vine having long finely serrate leaves and racemes of white flowers followed by greenish-yellow edible fruit.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Actinidia Arguta

Literary usage of Actinidia arguta

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

1. Bulletin by United States Bureau of Plant Industry, Division of Plant Industry, Queensland (1911)
"Actinidia arguta. The species Actinidia arguta also occurs wild in Manchuria and northern Korea. It is of much stronger growth, but is seen far less often ..."

2. Forest Flora of Japan: Notes on the Forest Flora of Japan by Charles Sprague. Sargent (1894)
"Actinidia polygama. does not, like Actinidia arguta, climb into the tops of tall trees ; its weaker stems tumble about and form great tangles, ..."

3. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1916)
"Actinidia arguta (vigorous; dark glossy foliage, twining). ... Actinidia arguta. Akebia quinata. Very graceful vine with delicate five-parted foliage, ..."

4. Vines and how to Grow Them: A Manual of Climbing Plants for Flower, Foliage by William C. McCollom (1911)
"... Actinidia arguta Vines grown for their edible fruit: Cucumber Pumpkin Lima bean Melon Tomato Scarlet Squash Sweet potato Grape Pea ..."

5. Transactions of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society.: Horticultural Hall by Massachusetts Horticultural Society, W.D. Ticknor & Co, James Englebert Teschemacher (1890)
"... (Actinidia arguta), of which I have already spoken, has been sometimes mistakenly called by this name. The two species are wholly distinct; ..."

6. Manual of Gardening: A Practical Guide to the Making of Home Grounds and the by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1916)
"Woody twiners Actinidia, Actinidia arguta. Very strong grower, with beautiful thick foliage that is not attacked bj insects or fungi; one of the best vines ..."

7. Landscape Gardening as Applied to Home Decoration by Samuel Taylor Maynard (1915)
"145 shows a vine-covered cottage in June, covered with roses, Actinidia arguta and Parthenocissus quinquefolia, ..."

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