Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - wisteria
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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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n. (also wistaria) any climbing plant of the genus Wisteria, with hanging racemes of blue, purple, or white flowers. Etymology: C. Wistar (or Wister), Amer. anatomist d. 1818 ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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Wisteria is a type of climbing plant which has pale purple or white flowers. N-UNCOUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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- 1819, formed by Thomas Nuttall, Eng. botanist, in allusion to Amer. anatomist Caspar Wistar (1761-1818). The -e- is apparently a misprint. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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