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Webster 1913 Edition
Clematis
Clem′a-tis
(klĕm′ȧ-tĭs)
, Noun.
[NL., fr. Gr.
κληματίσ
brushwood, also (from its long, lithe branches) clematis. fr. κλῆμα
twig, shoot, fr. κλᾶν
to break off.] (Bot.)
A genus of flowering plants, of many species, mostly climbers, having feathery styles, which greatly enlarge in the fruit; – called also
virgin’s bower
.