Madeira vine

American  

noun

1. a herbaceous tropical vine, Anredera cordifolia, having shiny leaves and small, fragrant, white flowers.

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Example Sentences

There were veils of Madeira vine over the window, just opening their whitish tassels of bloom, and the air was full of the smell of them.

From Stories by American Authors, Volume 9 by Various

The moonbeams lay tenderly upon the peaceful eaves; the long blossoms of the Madeira vine seemed sleeping also.

From The Bell-Ringer of Angel's by Harte, Bret

And now I think of it, Alice, a Madeira vine can be trained from the shelf up over the window to make a delightful green curtain.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 98, December, 1865 by Various

I found the handsome, swarthy creature, with her six bronzed children around her, training up the Madeira vine that made a bower of the whole side of her little, black, gambrel-roofed cottage.

From Oldport Days by Higginson, Thomas Wentworth