English > wistaria: 1 sense > noun 1, plantMeaning | Any flowering vine of the genus Wisteria. |
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Synonym | wisteria |
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Member of | genus Wisteria | Asiatic deciduous woody vine having large drooping racemes of white or bluish or purple or pinkish flowers and velvety pods |
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Narrower | American wistaria, American wisteria, Wisteria frutescens | An eastern United States native resembling the cultivated Japanese wisteria having pale purple-lilac flowers |
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Chinese wistaria, Wisteria chinensis | Having deep purple flowers |
Japanese wistaria, Wisteria floribunda | Having flowers of pink to mauve or violet-blue |
silky wisteria, Wisteria venusta | A wisteria of China having white flowers |
Broader | vine | A plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface |
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Spanish | glicina, wisteria |
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Catalan | anglesina, glicina |
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