MIKANIA SCANDENS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Mikania scandens mean? 

• MIKANIA SCANDENS (noun)
  The noun MIKANIA SCANDENS has 1 sense:

1. herb of tropical America having vanilla-scented flowers; climbs up trees

  Familiarity information: MIKANIA SCANDENS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MIKANIA SCANDENS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Herb of tropical America having vanilla-scented flowers; climbs up trees

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

climbing boneset; climbing hemp-vine; climbing hempweed; Mikania scandens; wild climbing hempweed

Hypernyms ("Mikania scandens" is a kind of...):

vine (a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface)

Holonyms ("Mikania scandens" is a member of...):

genus Mikania; Mikania (large genus of evergreen lianas of tropical America)