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Definition of Quarter-vine

1. Noun. Woody flowering vine of southern United States; stems show a cross in transverse section.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Quarter-vine

Literary usage of Quarter-vine

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopedia Americanaedited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines edited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines (1903)
"It is known as "trumpet-flower" from the shape of its blossoms, and "cross-vine" and "quarter-vine" from the appearance of the cross-section of its stem. ..."

2. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1913)
"Quarter vine. April-June. 2. BIGNONIA L. Sp. Pl. 633. 1753. Climbing woody vines with aerial rootlets, with opposite pinnately compound leaves, ..."

3. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord. Britton, Hon. Addison. Brown (1913)
"... narrowly winged above and below, ii' broad. In moist woods, Virginia to Florida, Louisiana, Ohio and southern Illinois. Quarter vine. April-June. 2. ..."

4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"... "quarter-vine* from the appearance of the cross-section of its stem. It is sometimes confounded with its near relation, Tecoma radicans, trumpet-vine. ..."

5. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.) (1903)
"When twisted in the hands it splits along the line of these markings into four equal parts ; hence it is generally known as '' Quarter Vine '' in this ..."

6. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.), Wild Flower Preservation Society of America (1903)
"When twisted in the hands it splits along the line of these markings into four equal parts ; hence it is generally known as '' Quarter Vine '' in this ..."

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