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Originally a vignette was a design of vine-leaves and tendrils (vignette = small vine in French). [1] The term was also used for a small embellishment without border, in what otherwise would have been a blank space, such as that found on a title-page, a headpiece or tailpiece.
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White vine-stems, left and down, decorate the margins and the initial V of this page in Life of Alphonso VI, King of Aragon and Naples, an Italian manuscript from c. 1460. A white vine-stem or white vine is a kind of border or initial decoration found in illuminated manuscripts and incunabula.
In pores, this border is termed an annulus. Certain flowers have ring-like constrictions at the mouth of the flower, e.g. in Huernia and Aristolochia. 2. A ring of specialized cells on the sporangium. anterior Positioned in front of, toward the apex. Compare distal. anthemoid
This list of longest vines features vine species that can grow very long or vine specimens that are the longest in the world. This list is not all-inclusive in part because many species have never been measured, and also because more careful measurements are needed for many species on this list.
Smilax rotundifolia, also known as roundleaf greenbrier [2] or common greenbrier, is a woody vine native to the southeastern and eastern United States and eastern Canada. [1] [3] [4] It is a common and conspicuous part of the natural forest ecosystems in much of its native range. The leaves are glossy green, petioled, alternate, and circular to ...
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Sicyos angulatus, [1] the oneseed bur cucumber [2] or star-cucumber is an annual vine in the gourd family, Cucurbitaceae, native to eastern North America. The plant forms mats or climbs using tendrils. The leaves are palmately veined and lobed, the flowers are green to yellowish green, and the fruits form clusters of very small pepos.