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Definition of Climbing boneset
1. Noun. Herb of tropical America having vanilla-scented flowers; climbs up trees.
Exact synonyms: Climbing Hemp-vine, Climbing Hempweed, Mikania Scandens, Wild Climbing Hempweed
Group relationships: Genus Mikania, Mikania
Generic synonyms: Vine
Group relationships: Genus Mikania, Mikania
Generic synonyms: Vine
Lexicographical Neighbors of Climbing Boneset
Literary usage of Climbing boneset
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Manual of Botany, for North America: Containing Generic and Specific by Amos Eaton (1829)
"49. 53—(g< en locks.) S. MIKANIA. Calyx 4 or 6 leaved, equal, 4 to 6-flowered ;
receptacle naki egret pilose. 49. 55—(climbing boneset ) S. CACALIA. ..."
2. Wake-robin by John Burroughs (1904)
"I did not remember ever to have seen it before, and, on taking it home and
examining it, found it to be climbing boneset. The flowers are so much like those ..."
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