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cleistogamic |
cleistogamous |
cleistogamy |
cleistothecium |
clem |
clematis
| clematis baldwinii
| clematis crispa
| clematis lasiantha
| clematis ochreleuca
| clematis tangutica
clematis
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun clematis has 1 sense
- clematis(n = noun.plant) - any of various ornamental climbing plants of the genus Clematis usually having showy flowers; is a member of genus clematis
has particulars: clematis baldwinii, pine hyacinth, viorna baldwinii, blue jasmine, blue jessamine, clematis crispa, curly clematis, marsh clematis, clematis lasiantha, pipestem clematis, clematis ochreleuca, curly-heads, clematis tangutica, golden clematis, clematis texensis, scarlet clematis, clematis versicolor, leather flower, clematis viorna, leather flower, vase-fine, vase vine, clematis virginiana, devil's darning needle, old man's beard, virgin's bower, clematis vitalba, old man's beard, traveler's joy, traveller's joy, clematis verticillaris, mountain clematis, purple clematis, purple virgin's bower
is a kind of vine, climber
CIDE DICTIONARY
clematis, n. [NL., fr. Gr. klhmati`s brushwood, also (from its long, lithe branches) clematis. fr. klh^ma twig, shoot, fr. kla^n to break off.].
A genus of flowering plants, of many species, mostly climbers, having feathery styles, which greatly enlarge in the fruit; -- called also virgin's bower . [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
clematis, n. any erect or climbing plant of the genus Clematis, bearing white, pink, or purple flowers and feathery seeds, e.g. old man's beard.
Etymology
L f. Gk klematis f. klema vine branch
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