wisteria (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *wisteria*:
NOUN	plant	wisteria, wistaria	any flowering vine of the genus Wisteria

English > *wisteria*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning	Any flowering vine of the genus Wisteria.
Synonym	wistaria
Member of	genus Wisteria	Asiatic deciduous woody vine having large drooping racemes of white or bluish or purple or pinkish flowers and velvety pods
Narrower	American wistaria, American wisteria, Wisteria frutescens	An eastern United States native resembling the cultivated Japanese wisteria having pale purple-lilac flowers
	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
Spanish	glicina, wisteria
Catalan	anglesina, glicina

HyperDic: wisteria