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Definition of Centrosema virginianum
1. Noun. Large-flowered weakly twining or prostrate vine of New Jersey to tropical eastern North America, sometimes cultivated for its purple and white flowers.
Group relationships: Centrosema, Genus Centrosema
Generic synonyms: Vine
Lexicographical Neighbors of Centrosema Virginianum
Literary usage of Centrosema virginianum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Our Garden Flowers: A Popular Study of Their Native Lands, Their Life by Harriet Louise Keeler (1910)
"... BUTTERFLY PEA Centrosema virginianum var. grandiflorum. Centrosema, Greek,
with spurred standard. Stem.—Twining, two to six feet high. Leaves. ..."
2. Bibliography of the Fishes of the Pacific Coast of the United States to the by Theodore Gill (1882)
"Blue Vine). Fl. all the year round. Common in thickets.—All islands. 218.
Centrosema virginianum, Dentil, u) ami/<) angustifolium. Fl. all the year round. ..."
3. Reports of Progress by Kentucky State Geologist, Kentucky, 1873-1891 Geological survey, Kentucky Geological Survey, Kentucky Geological Survey (1873-1891) (1880)
"Spurred butterfly-pea, Centrosema virginianum (Benth.) Blue false indigo, Baptisia
australis (R. Br.) Yellow-wood, Cladrastis tinctoria (Raf. ..."
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