Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of composite plants of the suborder Tubulifloræ, the tribe Eupatoriaceæ, and the subtribe Agerateæ.
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- noun botany Any of the
genus Mikania ofasteraceous plants .
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- noun large genus of evergreen lianas of tropical America
Etymologies
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The dead limbs of the willow were rounded and adorned by the climbing mikania, Mikaniascandens, which filled every crevice in the leafy bank, contrasting agreeably with the gray bark of its supporter and the balls of the button-bush.
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And major pest plants being targeted include Siam weed, prickly acacia, bitou bush, Mexican bean tree, miconia and mikania vine, rubbervine, parthenium, hymenachne, parkinsonia, lantana and pond apple.
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[* This is a mikania, which was confounded for some time in Europe with the ayapana.
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(* This is a mikania, which was confounded for some time in Europe with the ayapana.
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 Alexander von Humboldt 1814
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