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Definition of Chinese wistaria
1. Noun. Having deep purple flowers.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chinese Wistaria
Literary usage of Chinese wistaria
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Bee-keepers' Guide: Or Manual of the Apiary by Albert John Cook (1882)
"... the very ornamental climber, or the still more lovely Chinese wistaria, Wistaria
sinensis (Fig. 77), which has longer racemes than the native, ..."
2. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1902)
"The Chinese wistaria was introduced into England about ... The Chinese wistaria
blooms in May and usually gives a smaller crop of flowers in August or ..."
3. Rural Affairs by John Jacob Thomas (1869)
"Chinese wistaria. ed early in autumn. This process is successfully performed only
on well established plants; and if often repeated would probably injure ..."
4. The Illustrated Annual Register of Rural Affairs and Cultivator Almanac for by Thomas, J. J. (John Jacob) (1867)
"Chinese wistaria. ed early in autumn. This process is successfully performed only
on well established plants; and if often repeated would probably injure ..."
5. The Horticulturist, and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste by Luther Tucker (1854)
"Trumpet Flower, Chinese wistaria. (5) What is the most successful method of ...
(5) Trumpet Flower and Chinese wistaria, from cuttings of the roots. ..."
6. Rural Essays by Andrew Jackson Downing (1869)
"the Northern States, are the double Prairie Rose, and the Chinese wistaria.
"Why we like these best is, because they have the greatest number of good ..."