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Definition of Genus Mikania
1. Noun. Large genus of evergreen lianas of tropical America.
Generic synonyms: Asterid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Aster Family, Asteraceae, Compositae, Family Asteraceae, Family Compositae
Member holonyms: Climbing Boneset, Climbing Hemp-vine, Climbing Hempweed, Mikania Scandens, Wild Climbing Hempweed
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Mikania
Literary usage of Genus Mikania
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1865)
"... the allied genus Mikania. EU'PEN, a flourishing manufacturing town of Rhenish
Prussia, is situated in a beautiful valley on the Weeze, within 2 miles of ..."
2. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People by Chambers, W. and R., publ (1876)
"... much valued in Peru as a cure for snake-bites, is supposed to belong to the
allied genus Mikania. EU'PEN, a flourishing manufacturing town of Rhenish ..."
3. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1878)
"GUACO or HUACO, much valued in Peru as a cure for snake-bites, is supposed to
belong to the allied genus Mikania. EU'PEN, a flourishing manufacturing town ..."
4. The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals by Charles Darwin (1876)
"genus Mikania, there are leaf-climbing and twining species. The leaf-climbing
species of Clematis are very closely allied to the tendril-bearing ..."
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