buckwheat vine

buckwheat vine
noun
: a high-climbing woody vine (Brunnichia cirrhosa) with ovate leaves cordate or truncate at the base, the lower flower spikes solitary and axillary and the upper ones in a loose panicle

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  • Brunnichia — Taxobox name = Brunnichia image width = 190px image caption = Brunnichia ovata tendrils regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Caryophyllales familia = Polygonaceae genus = Brunnichia genus authority = Banks ex… …   Wikipedia

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