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Wistaria

[wi-steer-ee-uh] Origin

wis·te·ri·a

[wi-steer-ee-uh]
noun
any climbing shrub belonging to the genus Wisteria, of the legume family, having showy, pendent clusters of blue-violet, white, purple, or rose flowers.
Also, wis·tar·i·a [wi-steer-ee-uh, -stair-] .


Origin:
< Neo-Latin Wistaria (1818), named after Caspar Wistar (1761–1818), U.S. anatomist; see -ia
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wisteria
1819, formed by botanist Thomas Nuttall, Eng. botanist, in allusion to Amer. anatomist Caspar Wistar (1761-1818) of Philadelphia. The -e- apparently is a misprint.
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