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Definition of Cardiospermum
1. Noun. Tendril-climbing herbs or shrubs whose seeds have a white heart-shaped spot.
Generic synonyms: Dicot Genus, Magnoliopsid Genus
Group relationships: Family Sapindaceae, Sapindaceae, Soapberry Family
Member holonyms: Soapberry Vine
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cardiospermum
Literary usage of Cardiospermum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Botany by Geological Survey of California, William Henry Brewer, Sereno Watson, Asa Gray (1880)
"which is cardiospermum is represented in Lower California by a single species (C.
tortuosum^ Benth. and ..."
2. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1914)
"Trop. India, Afr., and Amer. BM 1049. —A general favorite, especially with children.
Grown as a garden annual. 794. Balloon-Vine—cardiospermum ..."
3. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord. Britton, Hon. Addison. Brown (1913)
"cardiospermum L. Sp. Pl. 366. 1753. Climbing and extensively branching herbaceous
... cardiospermum Halicacabum L. Balloon Vine. Heart-seed. Fig. 2821. ..."
4. Our Garden Flowers: A Popular Study of Their Native Lands, Their Life by Harriet Louise Keeler (1910)
"cardiospermum, Greek, heart-seed; from the white, heart-shaped s|K)t on the round
black seed. A rapid-growing, annual climber, doing best in a warm ..."
5. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Exhibiting a View of the Progressive by Robert Jameson, Sir William Jardine, Henry D Rogers (1864)
"In cardiospermum (fig. 10), the number and position of the stamens are exactly
the same ... 2, and 3, in cardiospermum they alternate with sepals 1 and 4, ..."
6. The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal (1864)
"In cardiospermum (fig. 10), the number and position of the stamens are exactly
... in cardiospermum they alternate with sepals 1 and 4, 4 and 2, 5 and 3. ..."
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