clematis

[ klem-uh-tis, kli-mat-is ]

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

Origin of clematis

1
1545–55; <Latin <Greek klēmatís name of several climbing plants

Words Nearby clematis

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How to use clematis in a sentence

  • She leaned close to the trellis, and parting the sprays of clematis that covered it looked into a corner of the room.

    Summer | Edith Wharton
  • Hard Cider came to build our pergola, and the clematis vines arrived to grow over it.

    The Idyl of Twin Fires | Walter Prichard Eaton
  • Such a lovely house, half covered with purple clematis and Virginia creeper, and a dear little chapel, and beautiful grounds!

    A Life Sentence | Adeline Sergeant
  • The gardens were strewn with smouldering soft ashes of late roses, late honeysuckle, honey-sweet clematis.

    Ceres' Runaway | Alice Meynell
  • Around the case he planted wild clematis, bittersweet, and wild-grapevines, and trained them over it until it was almost covered.

    Freckles | Gene Stratton-Porter

British Dictionary definitions for clematis

clematis

/ (ˈklɛmətɪs, kləˈmeɪtɪs) /


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

Origin of clematis

1
C16: from Latin, from Greek klēmatis climbing plant, brushwood, from klēma twig

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