clematis

American  

[klem-uh-tis, kli-mat-is] / ˈklɛm ə tɪs, klɪˈmæt ɪs /

noun

1. any of numerous plants or woody vines of the genus Clematis, including many species cultivated for their showy, variously colored flowers.

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clematis British  

/ kləˈmeɪtɪs, ˈklɛmətɪs /

noun

1. any N temperate ranunculaceous climbing plant or erect shrub of the genus Clematis, having plumelike fruits. Many species are cultivated for their large colourful flowers See also traveller's joy

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Etymology

Origin of clematis

1545–55; < Latin < Greek klēmatís name of several climbing plants

Example Sentences

“I purchased a ton of her clematis seeds.”

From Seattle Times • Mar. 9, 2024

A dainty clematis that blooms on new wood, such as ‘Etoile Violette’, trained through the limbs of the deciduous shrub, keeps the romance going on into summer.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 9, 2024

Wood-and-glass doors from the ’50s open onto the long roof, which is planted with small cherry trees, clematis and flowering shrubs including nandina and pittosporum.

From New York Times • Sep. 22, 2021

Where once a crumbling parking pad existed, Leider has built an enclosing gate and fence, now draped in a yellow Lady Banks rose and clematis.

From Washington Post • Jul. 20, 2021

Along the edge of the wood a sheet of wild clematis showed like a patch of smoke, all its sweet-smelling flowers turned to old man’s beard.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams