wisteria

wisteria
also wistaria noun Etymology: New Latin Wisteria, from Caspar Wistar died 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 W. sinensis and W. floribunda) grown as ornamentals

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