Definition of Allegheny vine

1. Noun. Vine with feathery leaves and white or pinkish flowers; sometimes placed in genus Fumaria.

Exact synonyms: Adlumia Fungosa, Climbing Fumitory, Fumaria Fungosa
Generic synonyms: Vine

Lexicographical Neighbors of Allegheny Vine

Allahu akbar
Allamakee
Allamanda cathartica
Allan
Allan-Herndon-Dudley syndrome
Allee effect
Alleghany plum
Alleghenies
Allegheny
Allegheny Mountains
Allegheny River
Allegheny chinkapin
Allegheny mountain spurge
Allegheny plum
Allegheny spurge
Allegheny vine
Allegra
Allemande Left
Allemannic
Allen
Allen's test
Allen-Masters syndrome
Allen Ginsberg
Allen Stewart Konigsberg
Allen Tate
Allen bolt
Allen bolts
Allen key

Literary usage of Allegheny vine

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

1. Vines and how to Grow Them: A Manual of Climbing Plants for Flower, Foliage by William C. McCollom (1911)
"GROWING FLOWER AND LEAF For something very frail and delicate, yet not at the expense of beauty, I recommend the allegheny vine (Adlumia cirrhosa) which, ..."

2. Sketch of the Evolution of Our Native Fruits by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1898)
"... the first indigenous book upon grape culture; and Rafinesque further commemorated him by giving the name Adlumia to the beautiful allegheny vine, ..."

3. The Making of a Flower Garden by Ida Dandridge Bennett (1919)
"The adlumia or allegheny vine is a delicate, fern- like vine, especially desirable for caskets and for positions where a slight tracery of green is desired. ..."

4. Practical Floriculture: A Guide to the Successful Cultivation of Florists by Peter Henderson (1911)
"... and then, for variety, of a dwarfer habit and covering the lower parts, the Madeira Vine, Canary-bird Plant, and Adlumia, or allegheny vine. ..."

5. Flower Gardening by Henry Sherman Adams (1913)
"... Pansy Rose of Heaven Blue viscaria * Fragrant. Common zinnia ANNUALS—That are climbers. Adlumia cirrhosa allegheny vine Biennial, but blooms first year. ..."

6. The New Practical Housekeeping: A Compilation of New, Choice and Carefully by Estelle Woods Wilcox (1890)
"One of these is the allegheny vine, or Mountain Fringe.* It is quite common in the woods in Eastern States, but I have never seen it wild elsewhere. ..."

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