Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of plants of the family Sapindaceæ, which comprises about 30 tropical American species of climbing herbs, with alternate biternate leaves, coarsely serrate leaflets, and small white flowers.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- proper noun A genus of tendril-climbing herbs or shrubs whose seeds have a white heart-shaped spot.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun tendril-climbing herbs or shrubs whose seeds have a white heart-shaped spot
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The gas enclosed in the capsules of the Cardiospermum vesicarium appeared to me to contain the same proportion of oxygen as the atmosphere, while that contained between the knots, in the hollow of the stalk, is generally less pure, containing only from 0.12 to 0.15 of oxygen.
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Cardiospermum vesicarium appeared to me to contain the same proportion of oxygen as the atmosphere, while that contained between the knots, in the hollow of the stalk, is generally less pure, containing only from 0.12 to 0.15 of oxygen.
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 Alexander von Humboldt 1814
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“Cardiospermum Halicacabum Temporis” by Fujita Masaya SF Magazine May 2008
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