love in a puff

English

love in a puff (Cardiospermum halicacabum)

Noun

love in a puff (countable and uncountable, plural love in a puffs)

A flowering vine with large, hollow seedpod and round seeds with a heart-shaped mark; Cardiospermum halicacabum
- 2015 April 23, Carolyn Bick, “Tabor Academy students help plant the future”, in Sippican Weekly‎:
  Of the varieties of seeds planted, only three were not edible: Chinese lanterns, love in a puffs, and cosmos.

Synonyms

(C. halicacabum): balloon vine, balloon plant
(Cardiospermum): heartseed

Further reading

Cardiospermum halicacabum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Cardiospermum halicacabum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Cardiospermum halicacabum on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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