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Definition of Clematis
1. Noun. Any of various ornamental climbing plants of the genus Clematis usually having showy flowers.
Specialized synonyms: Clematis Baldwinii, Pine Hyacinth, Viorna Baldwinii, Blue Jasmine, Blue Jessamine, Clematis Crispa, Curly Clematis, Marsh Clematis, Clematis Lasiantha, Pipestem Clematis, Clematis Ochreleuca, Curly-heads, Clematis Tangutica, Golden Clematis, Clematis Texensis, Scarlet Clematis, Clematis Versicolor, Leather Flower, Clematis Viorna, Leather Flower, Vase Vine, Vase-fine, Clematis Virginiana, Devil's Darning Needle, Old Man's Beard, Virgin's Bower, Clematis Vitalba, Old Man's Beard, Traveler's Joy, Traveller's Joy, Clematis Verticillaris, Mountain Clematis, Purple Clematis, Purple Virgin's Bower
Generic synonyms: Vine, Climber
Definition of Clematis
1. n. A genus of flowering plants, of many species, mostly climbers, having feathery styles, which greatly enlarge in the fruit; -- called also virgin's bower.
Definition of Clematis
1. Noun. (botany) Any plant of the genus ''Clematis'', vigorous climbing lianas found throughout the temperate zones. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Clematis
1. a flowering vine [n -TISES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Clematis
Literary usage of Clematis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Plant Life of Alabama: An Account of the Distribution, Modes of Association by Charles Mohr (1901)
"clematis cylindrica Sims, Hot. Mag. 1160. 1816. Carolinian and Louisianian ureas.
... clematis crispa walteri (Pursh) Gray, Bot. Mag. under t. 6594. 1881. ..."
2. Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society by Royal Horticultural Society (Great Britain). (1900)
"By Monsieur F. MOREL. THE present constitutes a simple report ot hybridising
experiments which I have made and the results obtained. clematis COCCINEA x C. ..."
3. Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Or, Flower-garden Displayed by John Sims (1816)
"Sem. caudata. Specific Character and Synonyms. clematis cordata ... The clematis
cordata has often been mistaken for crispa, which, as represented by ..."
4. Journal of Mycology by William Ashbrook Kellerman, Job Bicknell Ellis, Benjamin Matlack Everhart, United States Dept. of Agriculture. Section of Vegetable Pathology (1905)
"sown on clematis Virginiana; June 9, ... material from Lafayette, which grew so
abundantly on clematis Virginiana this year, came from the same plants that ..."
5. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"A REVISION OF THE GENUS clematis OF THE UNITED STATES. ... clematis ovata Pursh
is reduced to a syno- nyme of C. ochroleuca Aiton ; C. Fremontii Wats, ..."
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