Definition of American wisteria

1. Noun. An eastern United States native resembling the cultivated Japanese wisteria having pale purple-lilac flowers.

Exact synonyms: American Wistaria, Wisteria Frutescens
Generic synonyms: Wistaria, Wisteria

Lexicographical Neighbors of American Wisteria

American trypanosomiasis
American turkey oak
American twinflower
American wall fern
American water ouzel
American water shrew
American water spaniel
American watercress
American white birch
American white oak
American white pine
American widgeon
American widgeons
American wire gauge
American wistaria
American wisteria (current term)
American woodcock
American wormseed
Americana
Americanese
Americanisation
Americanisations
Americanise
Americanised
Americanises
Americanising
Americanism
Americanisms
Americanist
Americanistically

Literary usage of American wisteria

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Plant Names, Scientific and Popular, Including in the Case of Each Plant the by Albert Brown Lyons (1900)
"(G. frutescens L., W. speciosa Nutt. (Kew), W. frutescens Poir.). Southeastern IT. S. American wisteria, Kidney-bean tree, Virgin's-bower*. 1116. ..."

2. The Minnesota Horticulturist by Minnesota State Horticultural Society (1874)
"... Chinese and American wisteria. After the adoption of the flower lists, the following resolution was offered and passed : Resolved, That the thanks of ..."

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