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Tennessee seeds arrived today in the UK of moonvine and some more things I thought David might enjoy.
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He touched the plants as he walked, moonvine and winter jasmine, the thorny rose and the winding wisteria.
Dalamar the Dark Berberick, Nancy Varian 2000
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Most had now folded their hearts in the bowers of their petals, and only a pale moonvine blossomed, though there was no moon.
The Urth of the New Sun Wolfe, Gene 1987
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As he entered the footpath leading from the prairie toward the house, he was forced to stoop to avoid the curtain of flowering moonvine which hung overhead, and once in the path he felt again the sickening drowsiness of the shut-in air.
The Plunderer Henry Oyen 1902
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Night Flowers: There are some flowers that blossom in the moonlight like moonflower or moonvine, evening primrose and the night-blooming cereus.
unknown title 2009
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Get lost Obama - we can see right thru You!!!!! by moonvine [Oct 20, 2008 9: 25: 40 PM]
Telofy commented on the word moonvine
"Most had now folded their hearts in the bowers of their petals, and only a pale moonvine blossomed, though there was no moon." -- Gene Wolfe, The Urth of the New Sun
October 1, 2008