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Definition of 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 Mikania
Literary usage of Mikania
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Sketch of the Botany of South-Carolina and Georgia by Stephen Elliott (1824)
"Grows in the western districts of Georgia; very common in the prairie* of the
Alabama. Flowers September—October.* Mikania. Willd. Receptaculum dum. ..."
2. Summarized Proceedings ... and a Directory of Members (1892)
"Mikania scandens develops a great number of these roots. A few appear upon the
plant during its growth in summer, but the greatest development of the ..."
3. The Characteristics of the New Remedies by Edwin Moses Hale, F. S. Whitman (1873)
"(Mikania Guaco.) ANALOGUES:—Arsenicum (?), Baptisia (?), Mercurius (? ... is the
Mikania Guaco.] [Dr. Elb, of Dresden, has made a proving of the ..."
4. Companion to the Botanical Magazine: Being a Journal, Containing Such by Sir William Jackson Hooker (1836)
"Its nearest natural affinity appears to be with Mikania sessilifolia, ...
There are only four florets in the capitulum, as in Mikania, but the involucre and ..."
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