cross vine

cross vine
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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noun
1. : a woody vine (Bignonia capreolata) of the southern United States with stems that often show a conspicuous cross in a transverse section

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cross vine,
a vine of the southern United States, so called because of the cross-shaped arrangement of inner tissue, as shown in a transverse section of the older stems.

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