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Definition of Clitoria mariana
1. Noun. Large-flowered wild twining vine of southeastern and central United States having pale blue flowers.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Clitoria Mariana
Literary usage of Clitoria mariana
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Companion to the Botanical Magazine by Sir William Jackson Hooker (1835)
"clitoria mariana, L.—Covington. 199. Clitoria Virginiana, L. Covington. —As it
appears to me, Mr. Nuttall mistakes the C. Mariana for the Virginiana, ..."
2. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1872)
"XVII. Vitellius; Panicum crus-galli. XVIII. Proteus; clitoria mariana. XIX.
Tityrus; Robinia pseud- acacia. XX. Lycidas; a broad leaved form of Desmodium ..."
3. Flora of Pennsylvania by Thomas Conrad Porter, John Kunkel Small (1903)
"Pennsylvania : Locally escaped from gardens in the southeastern counties. 23.
CLITORIA L. 1. clitoria mariana L. BUTTERFLY-PEA. (Man. p. 569 ; IF /. 2224. ..."
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