quartervine

quartervine
noun
woody flowering vine of southern United States; stems show a cross in transverse section
• Hypernyms: ↑vine
• Member Holonyms: ↑Bignonia, ↑genus Bignonia

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Etymology: so called from the ease with which the stem can be divided into quarters

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