Wisteria

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Wisteria \Wis*te"ri*a\, n.
     Same as {Wistaria}.
     [PJC]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Wistaria \Wis*ta"ri*a\, n. [NL.] [So named after Caspar Wistar,
     an American anatomist.] (Bot.)
     A genus of climbing leguminous plants bearing long, pendulous
     clusters of pale bluish flowers. Now commonly spelled
     {Wisteria}.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: The species commonest in cultivation is the {Wistaria
           Sinensis} from Eastern Asia. {Wistaria fruticosa} grows
           wild in the southern parts of the United States.
           [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  wisteria
       n : any flowering vine of the genus Wisteria [syn: {wistaria}]