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A town in the Shire of Cardinia, central eastern Victoria, Australia
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Any plant of the genus Clematis, vigorous climbing lianas found throughout the temperate zones.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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noun
any of various ornamental climbing plants of the genus Clematis usually having showy flowers
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: vine, climber
Narrower terms: pine hyacinth, Clematis baldwinii, Viorna baldwinii, blue jasmine, blue jessamine, curly clematis, marsh clematis, Clematis crispa, pipestem clematis, Clematis lasiantha, curly-heads, Clematis ochreleuca, golden clematis, Clematis tangutica, scarlet clematis, Clematis texensis, leather flower, Clematis versicolor, vase-fine, vase vine, Clematis viorna, virgin's bower, old man's beard, devil's darning needle, Clematis virginiana, traveler's joy, traveller's joy, Clematis vitalba, purple clematis, purple virgin's bower, mountain clematis, Clematis verticillaris
History
Borrowed from translingual Clematis, from Latin clēmatis, from Ancient Greek κληματίς (klēmatís), from κλῆμα (klêma, “vine, branch with vines”).
Across languages
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