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wisteria

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Main Entry:
wis·te·ria 
          Listen to the pronunciation of wisteria
Pronunciation:
\wis-ˈtir-ē-ə\
Variant(s):
also wis·tar·ia 
          Listen to the pronunciation of wistaria 
          Listen to the pronunciation of wistaria \-ˈtir-ē-ə also -ˈter-\
Function:
noun
Etymology:
New Latin Wisteria, from Caspar Wistar †1818 American physician
Date:
1842
: any of a genus (Wisteria) of mostly woody leguminous vines of China, Japan, and the southeastern United States that have pinnately compound leaves and long racemes of showy blue, white, purple, or rose papilionaceous flowers and that include several (as West sinensis and West floribunda) grown as ornamentals


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