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Definition of Cypress vine
1. Noun. Tropical American annual climber having red (sometimes white) flowers and finely dissected leaves; naturalized in United States and elsewhere.
Generic synonyms: Morning Glory
Definition of Cypress vine
1. Noun. ''Ipomoea quamoclit'', a tropical morning glory. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cypress Vine
Literary usage of Cypress vine
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Flower Garden, Or, Breck's Book of Flowers: In which are Described All by Joseph Breck (1858)
"The foliage is superb, similar to the cypress vine, with numerous scarlet- spotted
flowers, that continue in bloom a number of months. ..."
2. The Magazine of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries and by C M Hovey (1849)
"The cypress vine is one of our most common summer twining plants, and has,
probably, been grown with the Morning Glory, ..."
3. The New England Farmer by Samuel W. Cole (1868)
"Train It like the Morning Glory. It has a very lively appearance about a doorway
or over a window. The cypress vine—Quamoclit ..."
4. Our Garden Flowers: A Popular Study of Their Native Lands, Their Life by Harriet Louise Keeler (1910)
"... J The delicate feathery foliage of the cypress vine makes a beautiful background
for the little scarlet flowers that stand out so clearly against it. ..."
5. The Encyclopedia of Practical Horticulture: A Reference System of Commercial by Granville Lowther, William Worthington (1914)
"All three of the above named types grow readily from seed, the morning glory and
cypress vine both giving good returns from seeds sown in rich borders about ..."
6. The New Practical Housekeeping: A Compilation of New, Choice and Carefully by Estelle Woods Wilcox (1890)
"At the base the ground was spaded up in a circle some three feet across, and
cypress vine trained from ' here upon strings to the alighting board of the ..."
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