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Definition of Mikania scandens

1. Noun. Herb of tropical America having vanilla-scented flowers; climbs up trees.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mikania Scandens

Literary usage of Mikania scandens

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

1. Summarized Proceedings ... and a Directory of Members (1892)
"Mikania scandens develops a great number of these roots. A few appear upon the plant during its growth in summer, but the greatest development of the ..."

2. Botanical Abstracts by Board of Control of Botanical Abstracts (1920)
"... and the corresponding periods for Ambrosia artemisiifolia were 27 and 85 days. Mikania scandens, Raphanus sati- "*« and Hibiscus ..."

3. The Library Bulletin of Cornell Universityby George William Harris, Cornell University Libraries by George William Harris, Cornell University Libraries (1896)
"Aster undulatus, mikania scandens: hybrid, A new station in New York State ... The root-system of mikania scandens L, Structure and development of buds in ..."

4. Additions to the Rhaeto-Romantic Collectionby Cornell University Libraries, Willard Fiske by Cornell University Libraries, Willard Fiske (1896)
"Aster undulatus, mikania scandens : hybrid, A new station in New York State ... The root-system of mikania scandens L. leaf of bryophyllum calycinum Salisb. ..."

5. Companion to the Botanical Magazine: Being a Journal, Containing Such by Sir William Jackson Hooker (1836)
"... of the involucre have a short, glabrous, reddish-coloured, membranous appendage. 916. Mikania scandens, Willd.—Among our specimens are some with hastate ..."

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