Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Clematis
clematis, n. [L. < Gk. klematis, some kind of climbing or trailing plant, probably periwinkle.]
Flowering plant; “Traveler's Joy”; twining shrub; vine with flowers that have a showy calyx, no corolla, and long feathery seed-vessels.
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