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Definition of Heartseed
1. Noun. Herbaceous vine of tropical America and Africa.
Definition of Heartseed
1. n. A climbing plant of the genus Cardiospermum, having round seeds which are marked with a spot like a heart.
Definition of Heartseed
1. Noun. (botany) A climbing plant with round seeds marked with a spot like a heart. ¹
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Medical Definition of Heartseed
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Heartseed
Literary usage of Heartseed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1886)
"Sometimes corrupted, as in S. Sucks., into heartseed. Prior, p. 105. (2) Cheiranthus
Cheiri, L.—Turn. Names; Lyte; Cornw. (with pale flowers). ..."
2. Publications by English Dialect Society (1881)
"Viola tricolor, L. Heartsease, heartseed, Heart-pansy, Horse Violet. Virginia Stock.
Children of Israel, Little-and-pretty, None-so-pretty, ..."
3. Synoptical Flora of North America by Asa Gray, Sereno Watson (1897)
"Ab. 5, 306. — A small but rather confused genus; the commoner species widely
distributed and often cultivated. C. Halicacabum, L. (BALLOON VINE, heartseed. ..."
4. The Treasury of Botany: A Popular Dictionary of the Vegetable Kingdom; with by John Lindley (1866)
"... lu allusion to the prominent white heart-shaped scars on the seed, which
indicate its point of attachment. The common heartseed i C. ..."
5. A Dictionary of English Plant-names by James Britten, Robert Holland (1886)
"Lyto ; Hants.; Huff.; Ykt.; E. Hord. (the wild form, Wild Heartsease), Bot. E.
Bord. Sometimes corrupted, as in £ Bucks., into heartseed. Prior, p. 105. ..."
6. Lessons with Plants: Suggestions for Seeing and Interpreting Some of the by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1907)
"The curious papery-inflated fruit of the balloon vine, or heartseed of the
gardens (and native in the southwestern states), is shown in Fig. 260. ..."
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