Definition of Clitoria mariana

1. Noun. Large-flowered wild twining vine of southeastern and central United States having pale blue flowers.

Exact synonyms: Butterfly Pea
Group relationships: Clitoria, Genus Clitoria
Generic synonyms: Vine

Lexicographical Neighbors of Clitoria Mariana

Clintonize
Clintonomics
Clio
Clios
Clipper chip
Clipper chips
Clitocybe
Clitocybe clavipes
Clitocybe dealbata
Clitocybe inornata
Clitocybe irina
Clitocybe nuda
Clitocybe robusta
Clitocybe subconnexa
Clitoria
Clitoria mariana
Clitoria turnatea
Clive
Clive Sinclair
Clive Staples Lewis
Clk3 kinase
Cloe
Cloelia
Clomid
Clooney
Cloquet's canal
Cloquet's hernia
Cloquet's septum
Cloquet's space
Clorox

Literary usage of Clitoria mariana

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

1. Companion to the Botanical Magazine by Sir William Jackson Hooker (1835)
"clitoria mariana, L.—Covington. 199. Clitoria Virginiana, L. Covington. —As it appears to me, Mr. Nuttall mistakes the C. Mariana for the Virginiana, ..."

2. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1872)
"XVII. Vitellius; Panicum crus-galli. XVIII. Proteus; clitoria mariana. XIX. Tityrus; Robinia pseud- acacia. XX. Lycidas; a broad leaved form of Desmodium ..."

3. Flora of Pennsylvania by Thomas Conrad Porter, John Kunkel Small (1903)
"Pennsylvania : Locally escaped from gardens in the southeastern counties. 23. CLITORIA L. 1. clitoria mariana L. BUTTERFLY-PEA. (Man. p. 569 ; IF /. 2224. ..."

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