clematis
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- Compare traveler's-joy, virgin's-bower.
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 WhartonHard Cider came to build our pergola, and the clematis vines arrived to grow over it.
The Idyl of Twin Fires | Walter Prichard EatonSuch a lovely house, half covered with purple clematis and Virginia creeper, and a dear little chapel, and beautiful grounds!
A Life Sentence | Adeline SergeantThe gardens were strewn with smouldering soft ashes of late roses, late honeysuckle, honey-sweet clematis.
Ceres' Runaway | Alice MeynellAround 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
/ (ˈklɛmətɪs, kləˈmeɪtɪs) /
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
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