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Definition of Matrimony vine

1. Noun. Any of various shrubs or vines of the genus Lycium with showy flowers and bright berries.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Matrimony Vine

Literary usage of Matrimony vine

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

1. The Overture: And Other Poems by Jefferson Butler Fletcher (1911)
"... UNDER THE MATRIMONY-VINE In his morning-glory the sunflower rose; The merry bluebells rang; Fantastic tripped the mistletoes; A paean the peony sang. ..."

2. Our Garden Flowers: A Popular Study of Their Native Lands, Their Life by Harriet Louise Keeler (1910)
"The matrimony vine has neither tendrils nor twining habit, but when trained to supports on a ... The fruit is very decorative in autumn. matrimony vine. ..."

3. Old Time Gardens, Newly Set Forth by Alice Morse Earle (1902)
"It was a spray of matrimony vine, twenty feet long or more, that had reached ... To me, the matrimony vine is ever a plant of interest, and it may be very ..."

4. Sessional Papers by Canada Parliament (1901)
"... macrocarpum, which is an improvement on the ordinary form, in that the fruit is larger, and hence more conspicuous. The ordinary matrimony vine, ..."

5. The Lamp by Charles Scribner's Sons (1904)
"Under the head of vines in the catalogue comes "The matrimony vine," ... "The matrimony vine does not cling and has no tendrils. ..."

6. Old-time Gardens, Newly Set Forth: A Book of the Sweet O' the Year by Alice Morse Earle (1901)
"To me, the matrimony vine is ever a plant of interest, and it may be very beautiful, if cared for. On page i 86 is shown the lovely growth on the porch at ..."

7. The Minnesota Horticulturist by Minnesota State Horticultural Society (1905)
"By the twentieth of October the number has considerably diminished, and November first there is little left save pompon chrysanthemums, matrimony vine and ..."

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