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clem·a·tis 
[klem-uh-tis, kli-mat-is] Pronunciation Key
[klem-uh-tis, kli-mat-is] Pronunciation Key –noun
| any of numerous plants or woody vines of the genus Clematis, including many species cultivated for their showy, variously colored flowers. |
Compare traveler's-joy, virgin's-bower.
[Origin: 1545–55; < L < Gk klématís name of several climbing plants]
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| clem·a·tis
(klěm'ə-tĭs, klĭ-māt'ĭs) Pronunciation Key
n. Any of various ornamental, mostly climbing plants of the genus Clematis, native chiefly to northern temperate regions and having showy, variously colored flowers or decorative fruit clusters. [Latin clēmatis, a creeping plant, from Greek klēmatis, from klēma, klēmat-, twig.] |
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
clematis
clematis
1551, from L. Clematis, from Gk. klematis, name of some kind of climbing or trailing plant (probably the periwinkle), from klema "vine-branch."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| clematis | |
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| any of various ornamental climbing plants of the genus Clematis usually having showy flowers |
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Clematis
Clem"a*tis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? brushwood, also (from its long, lithe branches) clematis. fr. ? twig, shoot, fr. ? to break off.] (Bot.) A genus of flowering plants, of many species, mostly climbers, having feathery styles, which greatly enlarge in the fruit; -- called also virgin's bower.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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