cypress vine


noun
  1. a tropical American vine, Ipomoea quamoclit (or Quamoclit pennata), of the morning glory family, having finely divided leaves and tubular scarlet flowers.

Origin of cypress vine

1
An Americanism dating back to 1810–20

Words Nearby cypress vine

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How to use cypress vine in a sentence

  • She had a cypress vine planted this year, on one side, and a moon vine on the other.

  • What meant that long green mound stretching at my side, that broken shaft, twined with the cypress vine?

    Ernest Linwood | Caroline Lee Hentz

British Dictionary definitions for cypress vine

cypress vine

noun
  1. a tropical American convolvulaceous climbing plant, Ipomoea pennata, having finely divided compound leaves and scarlet or white tubular flowers

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