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- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thetribe Millettieae — thewisterias .
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Chinese wisteria shows its true colors Tall tales of a tall vine: Wisteria myths debunked Updated: 04/19/2010 10: 24: 56 AM PDT 1 Thin out peach, nectarine and apple fruits this week or next to get largest sizes and best flavor at harvest time.
WN.com - Articles related to '10 most wanted' plants inspected for clues to climate change 2010
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Chinese wisteria shows its true colors Tall tales of a tall vine: Wisteria myths debunked Updated: 04/19/2010 10: 24: 56 AM PDT 1 Thin out peach, nectarine and apple fruits this week or next to get largest sizes and best flavor at harvest time.
WN.com - Articles related to '10 most wanted' plants inspected for clues to climate change 2010
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Chinese wisteria shows its true colors Tall tales of a tall vine: Wisteria myths debunked
WN.com - Articles related to '10 most wanted' plants inspected for clues to climate change 2010
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Chinese wisteria shows its true colors Tall tales of a tall vine: Wisteria myths debunked
WN.com - Articles related to '10 most wanted' plants inspected for clues to climate change 2010
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Wisteria is something I look forward to, and my climbing hydrangea is fragrant.
Spring has sprung gardeners, and 3 in 4 Americans can dig it 2010
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Like Bernard Black dropped into an episode of Desperate Housewives, a shambling tramp of a wanderer in Wisteria Lane, clad in yer long black coat on a fine and sunny day, a fag dangling from yer mouth (a glass of red wine in one hand is optional, as this may well be a step too far for the fair citizens of suburbia), you're aiming for the apotheosis of absurdity, amigos.
Archive 2008-10-01 Hal Duncan 2008
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Like Bernard Black dropped into an episode of Desperate Housewives, a shambling tramp of a wanderer in Wisteria Lane, clad in yer long black coat on a fine and sunny day, a fag dangling from yer mouth (a glass of red wine in one hand is optional, as this may well be a step too far for the fair citizens of suburbia), you're aiming for the apotheosis of absurdity, amigos.
Duncan's Patent Remedy Hal Duncan 2008
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Before Kate Middleton was transformed into the Duchess of Cambridge, she and Pippa were dubbed the "Wisteria Sisters" on account of their ferocious social climbing.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Allison Pearson 2011
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The Daily Mail reports they were dubbed the "Wisteria sisters" because they were "highly decorative, terribly fragrant and with a ferocious ability to climb."
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Photographed hand in hand and smiling broadly as they arrived at club after club, Kate and Pippa were soon dubbed the Wisteria Sisters because, as one wag put it, they were “decorative, terribly fragrant, and have a ferocious ability to climb.”
William and Kate Christopher Andersen 2011
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