[wi-steer-ee-uh] 
| any climbing shrub belonging to the genus Wisteria, of the legume family, having showy, pendent clusters of blue-violet, white, purple, or rose flowers. |
[wi-steer-ee-uh, -stair-] .| wis·ter·i·a (wĭ-stîr'ē-ə) n. Any of several climbing woody vines of the genus Wisteria in the pea family, having pinnately compound leaves and drooping racemes of showy purplish or white flowers. [New Latin Wisteria, genus name, after Caspar Wistar (1761-1818), American physician.] |
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