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wistaria
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun wistaria has 1 sense
- wistaria(n = noun.plant) wisteria - any flowering vine of the genus Wisteria; Array is a member of genus wisteria
has particulars: japanese wistaria, wisteria floribunda, chinese wistaria, wisteria chinensis, american wistaria, american wisteria, wisteria frutescens, silky wisteria, wisteria venusta
is a kind of vine
CIDE DICTIONARY
wistaria, n. [NL.] [So named after Caspar Wistar , an American anatomist.].
A genus of climbing leguminous plants bearing long, pendulous clusters of pale bluish flowers. Now commonly spelled Wisteria . [1913 Webster]
" The species commonest in cultivation is the Wistaria Sinensis from Eastern Asia. Wistaria fruticosa grows wild in the southern parts of the United States."
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