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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of several climbing clematises, especially Clematis virginiana, of eastern North America, having clusters of white flowers and feathery seed heads.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A name of several species of Clematis, primarily the European C. Vitalba, the traveler's-joy, also called
old-man's-beard , and sometimes hedge-vine, maiden's-honesty, smokewood.
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- noun common climber of eastern North America that sprawls over other plants and bears numerous panicles of small creamy white flowers
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Merriam-Webster Dictionary: noun
Date: circa 1597
: any of several usually small-flowered and climbing clematises (especially Clematis virginiana)
January 25, 2008