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wistaria — noun any flowering vine of the genus Wisteria • Syn: ↑wisteria • Hypernyms: ↑vine • Hyponyms: ↑Japanese wistaria, ↑Wisteria floribunda, ↑Chinese wistaria, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
American wisteria — noun an eastern United States native resembling the cultivated Japanese wisteria having pale purple lilac flowers • Syn: ↑American wistaria, ↑Wisteria frutescens • Hypernyms: ↑wisteria, ↑wistaria … Useful english dictionary
Wistaria — Wis*ta ri*a, n. [NL.] [So named after Caspar Wistar, an American anatomist.] (Bot.) A genus of climbing leguminous plants bearing long, pendulous clusters of pale bluish flowers. Now commonly spelled {Wisteria}. [1913 Webster] Note: The species… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Wistaria fruticosa — Wistaria Wis*ta ri*a, n. [NL.] [So named after Caspar Wistar, an American anatomist.] (Bot.) A genus of climbing leguminous plants bearing long, pendulous clusters of pale bluish flowers. Now commonly spelled {Wisteria}. [1913 Webster] Note: The… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Wistaria Sinensis — Wistaria Wis*ta ri*a, n. [NL.] [So named after Caspar Wistar, an American anatomist.] (Bot.) A genus of climbing leguminous plants bearing long, pendulous clusters of pale bluish flowers. Now commonly spelled {Wisteria}. [1913 Webster] Note: The… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Wisteria frutescens — noun an eastern United States native resembling the cultivated Japanese wisteria having pale purple lilac flowers • Syn: ↑American wistaria, ↑American wisteria • Hypernyms: ↑wisteria, ↑wistaria … Useful english dictionary
Wisteria — Wistaria Wis*ta ri*a, n. [NL.] [So named after Caspar Wistar, an American anatomist.] (Bot.) A genus of climbing leguminous plants bearing long, pendulous clusters of pale bluish flowers. Now commonly spelled {Wisteria}. [1913 Webster] Note: The… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Wisteria — , WISTARIA The wisteria is a climbing woody vine clustered with drooping, pealike, purplish or white flowers. The name of this vine was given by Thomas Nuttal, curator of Harvard s Botanical Garden, who made an error in spelling the name of … Dictionary of eponyms
wisteria — /wi stear ee euh/, n. any climbing shrub belonging to the genus Wisteria, of the legume family, having showy, pendent clusters of blue violet, white, purple, or rose flowers. Also, wistaria /wi stear ee euh, stair /. [ < NL Wistaria (1818), named … Universalium
wis|te|ri|a — «wihs TIHR ee uh», noun. a climbing shrub with large, drooping clusters of showy, purple, blue, or white flowers, especially the Chinese wisteria and the Japanese wisteria, species often grown to cover verandas and walls. Wisteria belongs to the… … Useful english dictionary
