Definition of Parthenocissus

1. Noun. Woody vines having disklike tips on the tendrils.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Parthenocissus

Parsees
Parsi
Parsiism
Parsis
Parsism
Parsonage-Turner syndrome
Parsons
Parsons table
Parsonsian
Partav
Parthenic
Parthenium
Parthenium argentatum
Parthenium hysterophorus
Parthenium integrifolium
Parthenocissus (current term)
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
Parthenocissus tricuspidata
Parthenon
Parthenope
Parthenos
Parthia
Parthian
Parthians
Parti Quebecois
Particular Baptist
Partiya Karkeran Kurdistan
Party of Democratic Kampuchea
Party of God
Party of No

Literary usage of Parthenocissus

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

1. Torreya by Torrey Botanical Club (1905)
"borea (Cissus bipinnata], the Virginia creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia), the poison ivy (Rims radicans] and the wild muscadine (Vitis rotundifolia). ..."

2. New Manual of Botany of the Central Rocky Mountains (vascular Plants) by John Merle Coulter (1909)
"Calyx slightly 5-toothed. Petals concave, thick and expanding before they fall. Berry 2-3-seeded, not edible. 1. Parthenocissus ..."

3. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States: Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1897)
"About 10 species, natives of eastern North America and Asia. Besides the following, another occurs in Texas. i. Parthenocissus ..."

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