unguis
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Secondly and thirdly, Bignonia unguis with its close allies, and Cardiospermum; but their tendrils are so short that their contraction could hardly occur, and would be quite superfluous.
From The Movements and Habits of Climbing Plants by Darwin, Charles
I have no doubt, from the analogy of the two following allied species, that the petioles also move spontaneously; but they are not irritable like those of B. unguis and B. Tweedyana.
From The Movements and Habits of Climbing Plants by Darwin, Charles
Trumpet Flower, bignonia unguis, is a genus of the angiospermia order, class didynamia; the calyx is quinquefid, the corolla of an elegant bell-shape, and is also quinquefoliated.
From Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume II (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day by Anonymous
The tendrils are so closely similar in all respects to those of B. unguis, that one description will suffice.
From The Movements and Habits of Climbing Plants by Darwin, Charles
Masculine: all nouns in -nis and -guis; as, amnis, river; īgnis, fire; pānis, bread; sanguis, blood; unguis, nail.
From New Latin Grammar by Bennett, Charles E. (Charles Edwin)
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