noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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General-American:/wɪsˈtɛriə/
General-American:/wɪsˈtiriə/
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1
noun
Meaning 1
Any of several woody climbing vines, of the genus Wisteria, native to the East Asian countries of China, Korea, and Japan and the eastern United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
any flowering vine of the genus Wisteria
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: wistaria
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: vine
Narrower terms: Japanese wistaria, Wisteria floribunda, Chinese wistaria, Wisteria chinensis, American wistaria, American wisteria, Wisteria frutescens, silky wisteria, Wisteria venusta
History
Etymology
Borrowed from taxonomic name Wisteria.
Across languages
Translations
35 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
глици́ния
(glicínija)
— a genus of about ten species of woody climbing vines
Chinese Mandarin:
紫藤
(zǐténg)
— a genus of about ten species of woody climbing vines
Czech:
vistárie
— a genus of about ten species of woody climbing vines
Danish:
blåregn
— a genus of about ten species of woody climbing vines
Dutch:
blauweregen
— a genus of about ten species of woody climbing vines
Faroese:
bláregn
— a genus of about ten species of woody climbing vines
Finnish:
visteri
— a genus of about ten species of woody climbing vines
French:
glycine
— a genus of about ten species of woody climbing vines
German:
Blauregen
— a genus of about ten species of woody climbing vines
Greek:
πασχαλιά
(paschaliá)
— a genus of about ten species of woody climbing vines
Interlingua:
glycinia
— a genus of about ten species of woody climbing vines
Irish:
visteáiria
— a genus of about ten species of woody climbing vines
Italian:
glicine
— a genus of about ten species of woody climbing vines
Japanese:
藤
— a genus of about ten species of woody climbing vines
Korean:
등나무
(deungnamu)
— a genus of about ten species of woody climbing vines
Persian:
پیچ گلیسین
— a genus of about ten species of woody climbing vines
Persian:
گل ویستریا
— a genus of about ten species of woody climbing vines
Polish:
glicynia
— a genus of about ten species of woody climbing vines
Polish:
słodlin
— a genus of about ten species of woody climbing vines
Polish:
wisteria
— a genus of about ten species of woody climbing vines
Portuguese:
wisteria
— a genus of about ten species of woody climbing vines
Portuguese:
glicínia
— a genus of about ten species of woody climbing vines
Romanian:
glicină
— a genus of about ten species of woody climbing vines
Russian:
глици́ния
(glicínija)
— a genus of about ten species of woody climbing vines
Russian:
висте́рия
(vistérija)
— a genus of about ten species of woody climbing vines
Slovak:
vistéria
— a genus of about ten species of woody climbing vines
Spanish:
wisteria
— a genus of about ten species of woody climbing vines
Spanish:
glicina
— a genus of about ten species of woody climbing vines
Spanish:
glicinia
— a genus of about ten species of woody climbing vines
Swedish:
blåregn
— a genus of about ten species of woody climbing vines
Thai:
วิสเทียเรีย
(wîs-tiia-riia)
— a genus of about ten species of woody climbing vines
Thai:
วีสเตียเรีย
(wîis-tiia-riia)
— a genus of about ten species of woody climbing vines
Thai:
ฟูจิ
(fuu-jì)
— a genus of about ten species of woody climbing vines
Turkish:
salkım
— a genus of about ten species of woody climbing vines
Turkish:
mor salkım
— a genus of about ten species of woody climbing vines
