unguis

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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

In Bignonia unguis and its close allies, the petioles of the leaves, as well as the tendrils, are sensitive to a touch.

From The Movements and Habits of Climbing Plants by Darwin, Charles

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

In the horse it arises, by a small tendon, from a tubercle which occupies the external surface of the os unguis, or lachrymal bone.

From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by Cuyer, ?douard

Besides the plants already described, Bignonia unguis and its close allies, though aided by tendrils, have clasping petioles.

From The Movements and Habits of Climbing Plants by Darwin, Charles