heartseed

English

A heartseed or balloon vine (Cardiospermum halicacabum) opened to show the seeds

Wikispecies

Etymology

heart +‎ seed

Noun

heartseed (countable and uncountable, plural heartseeds)

1. Any plant of the genus Cardiospermum, climbing plants with round seeds marked with a spot like a heart.

   Synonyms: love in a puff, balloon vine

   • 1866, John Lindley, Thomas Moore, The Treasury of Botany: A Popular Dictionary of the Vegetable Kingdom‎^[1], page 222:

     The common Heartseed (C. Halicacabum), sometimes called also Winter cherry, or Heart-pea, is a widely distributed plant, found in all tropical countries.

References

• “heartseed”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• hederates