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Definition of Allegheny vine
1. Noun. Vine with feathery leaves and white or pinkish flowers; sometimes placed in genus Fumaria.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Allegheny Vine
Literary usage of Allegheny vine
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Vines and how to Grow Them: A Manual of Climbing Plants for Flower, Foliage by William C. McCollom (1911)
"GROWING FLOWER AND LEAF For something very frail and delicate, yet not at the
expense of beauty, I recommend the Allegheny vine (Adlumia cirrhosa) which, ..."
2. Sketch of the Evolution of Our Native Fruits by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1898)
"... the first indigenous book upon grape culture; and Rafinesque further commemorated
him by giving the name Adlumia to the beautiful Allegheny vine, ..."
3. The Making of a Flower Garden by Ida Dandridge Bennett (1919)
"The adlumia or Allegheny vine is a delicate, fern- like vine, especially desirable
for caskets and for positions where a slight tracery of green is desired. ..."
4. Practical Floriculture: A Guide to the Successful Cultivation of Florists by Peter Henderson (1911)
"... and then, for variety, of a dwarfer habit and covering the lower parts, the
Madeira Vine, Canary-bird Plant, and Adlumia, or Allegheny vine. ..."
5. Flower Gardening by Henry Sherman Adams (1913)
"... Pansy Rose of Heaven Blue viscaria * Fragrant. Common zinnia ANNUALS—That are
climbers. Adlumia cirrhosa Allegheny vine Biennial, but blooms first year. ..."
6. The New Practical Housekeeping: A Compilation of New, Choice and Carefully by Estelle Woods Wilcox (1890)
"One of these is the Allegheny vine, or Mountain Fringe.* It is quite common in
the woods in Eastern States, but I have never seen it wild elsewhere. ..."
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