wisteria

wis·ter·i·a  (w-stîr-) also wis·tar·i·a (w-stâr-)

n.

Any of several climbing woody vines of the genus Wisteria in the pea family, having pinnately compound leaves and drooping racemes of showy purplish or white flowers.

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[New Latin Wisteria, genus name, after Caspar Wistar (1761-1818), American physician.]

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wisteria

Noun

a climbing plant with large drooping clusters of blue, purple, or white flowers [after Caspar Wistar, anatomist]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

wisteria - any flowering vine of the genus Wisteria wistaria genus Wisteria - Asiatic deciduous woody vine having large drooping racemes of white or bluish or purple or pinkish flowers and velvety pods; widely grown as an ornamental Japanese wistaria, Wisteria floribunda - having flowers of pink to mauve or violet-blue Chinese wistaria, Wisteria chinensis - having deep purple flowers American wistaria, American wisteria, Wisteria frutescens - an eastern United States native resembling the cultivated Japanese wisteria having pale purple-lilac flowers silky wisteria, Wisteria venusta - a wisteria of China having white flowers vine - a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface