Found 2 hits - Term: clematis virginiana, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
virgin \vir"gin\, n. l. virgo, -inis: cf. of. virgine, virgene,
virge, vierge, f. vierge.
1. a woman who has had no carnal knowledge of man; a maid.
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2. a person of the male sex who has not known sexual
indulgence. archaic --wyclif.
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these are they which were not defiled with women;
for they are virgins. --rev. xiv. 4.
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he his flesh hath overcome;
he was a virgin, as he said. --gower.
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3. astron. see virgo.
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4. zool. any one of several species of gossamer-winged
butterflies of the family lycaenidae.
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5. zool. a female insect producing eggs from which young
are hatched, though there has been no fecundation by a
male; a parthenogenetic insect.
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the virgin, or the blessed virgin, the virgin mary, the
mother of jesus christ.
virgin's bower bot., a name given to several climbing
plants of the genus clematis, as clematis vitalba of
europe, and clematis virginiana of north america.
1913 webster
see also:
virgo lycaenidae the virgin the blessed virgin virgin's bower clematis
clematis vitalba clematis virginiana
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
clematis virginiana
n : common climber of eastern north america that sprawls over
other plants and bears numerous panicles of small creamy
white flowers syn: virgin's bower, old man's beard,
devil's darning needle
see also:
virgin's bower old man's beard devil's darning needle
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