clematis

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

noun any of various ornamental climbing plants of the genus Clematis usually having showy flowers

Borrowed from translingual Clematis, from Latin clēmatis, from Ancient Greek κληματίς (klēmatís), from κλῆμα (klêma, “vine, branch with vines”).

It was long and low, with a thick thatched roof, and a porch overgrown with starry white clematis. — The Luckiest Girl in the School, Angela Brazil
Sometimes they would work on the side porch where the clematis and woodbine shaded them from the hot sun. — Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin
The ivy kept it green through all the year; the porch was embowered in honeysuckle, clematis, passion-flower, and Virginia creeper. — Harriet Martineau, Florence Fenwick Miller

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