Lexic.us

Definition of Actinidia polygama

1. Noun. Ornamental vine of eastern Asia having yellow edible fruit and leaves with silver-white markings.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Actinidia Polygama

Literary usage of Actinidia polygama

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

1. Forest Flora of Japan: Notes on the Forest Flora of Japan by Charles Sprague. Sargent (1894)
"Actinidia polygama, although it inhabits Manchuria and ... Actinidia polygama. does not, like Actinidia arguta, climb into the tops of tall trees ..."

2. Our Garden Flowers: A Popular Study of Their Native Lands, Their Life by Harriet Louise Keeler (1910)
"Actinidia polygama is a more slender plant than ... Actinidia polygama Professor Sar- The plant's attraction for cats is also very curious; ..."

3. Transactions of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society.: Horticultural Hall by Massachusetts Horticultural Society, W.D. Ticknor & Co, James Englebert Teschemacher (1890)
"The Actinidia polygama, common everywhere in Yesso, deserves more extended mention. I must first call your attention to the fact, however, ..."

4. Gardening (1904)
"CBW Actinidia polygama. For a good, vigorous growing, hardy, deciduous vine, few subjects excel the actinidia. It is clean-growing and free from insect and ..."

5. Japan: Travels and Researches Undertaken at the Cost of the Prussian Government by Johannes Justus Rein (1884)
"(Actinidia polygama Planch.) associate themselves only with bushes or low trees. The climbing and twining. ..."

6. Transactions by Massachusetts Horticultural Society (1881)
"Actinidia polygama is a beautiful climber, and said to produce a delicious fruit. Philadelphus coronarius var. ..."

7. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1907)
"The fondness of cats for Actinidia polygama is re-recorded by Fair- child in Science of October 19. Several new Cuban grasses are described by Hackel in the ..."

Other Resources: