clematisn.

Brit.

/ˈklɛmətɪs/,

/klᵻˈmeɪtɪs/, U.S.

/ˈklɛmədəs/

Etymology: < Latin Clēmatis, < Greek κληματίς some kind of climbing or trailing plant, probably periwinkle, < κλῆμα vine-branch. (A frequent mispronunciation is cleˈmātis.)

1. A genus of twining shrubs (family Ranunculaceæ), having flowers with a showy calyx and no corolla, and seed-vessels adorned with long feathery appendages. The only British species is C. Vitalba, common in hedgerows on the chalk, popularly called Virgin's Bower, Traveller's Joy, and Old Man's Beard. C. Flammula, with small white sweet-scented flowers, and various species with large showy blue, purple, or red flowers, are cultivated in gardens in Britain.

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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > climbing, trailing, or creeping shrubs > [noun] > clematis or traveller's joy

white vine?a1425

clematis1578

lady's bower1597

traveller's joy1597

virgin's bower1597

bethwine1609

honesty1640

love1640

maiden's honesty1691

lady bower1715

virgin-bower1725

old man's beard1731

bindwith1797

Robin Hood's feather1820

silver-bush1886

1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball iii. xlviii. 385 Pereuincle..is named Clematis in Latine, and therefore men call this kind Clematis altera, there be founde two kindes, ouer and bysides that plant whiche is nowe called in Latine Vitalba.

1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 743 Biting Clematis, or white Clematis.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxiv. x. 191 Another hearbe there is like to this, which some have called Clematis.

1791 J. Abercrombie Every Man his Own Gardener (ed. 13) 577/2 (Catal. Perennial & Biennial Plants) Clematis, virgin's bower.

1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake i. 32 The clematis, the favoured flower, Which boasts the name of virgin-bower.

1846 Ld. Tennyson Golden Year in Poems (ed. 4) II. 91 Like an oaken stock in winter woods, O'erflourish'd with the hoary clematis.

1870 Ld. Tennyson Window 23 Rose, rose, and clematis, Trail and twine and clasp and kiss.

†2. Formerly applied (as in classical Latin and Greek) to the Periwinkle (Vinca).

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > foliage, house, or garden plants > [noun] > periwinkle

sengreenc1000

periwinkleOE

clematis1551

pervenche1845

vinca1868

myrtle1880

1551 W. Turner New Herball sig. K vj^v Clematis is named in englyshe perwyncle.

1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 63 The Egyptian Clematis or Periwinke drunke in vineger, is very good against the poyson of Aspes.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	clematis
释义	clematisn. Brit. /ˈklɛmətɪs/, /klᵻˈmeɪtɪs/, U.S. /ˈklɛmədəs/ Etymology: < Latin Clēmatis, < Greek κληματίς some kind of climbing or trailing plant, probably periwinkle, < κλῆμα vine-branch. (A frequent mispronunciation is cleˈmātis.) 1. A genus of twining shrubs (family Ranunculaceæ), having flowers with a showy calyx and no corolla, and seed-vessels adorned with long feathery appendages. The only British species is C. Vitalba, common in hedgerows on the chalk, popularly called Virgin's Bower, Traveller's Joy, and Old Man's Beard. C. Flammula, with small white sweet-scented flowers, and various species with large showy blue, purple, or red flowers, are cultivated in gardens in Britain. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > climbing, trailing, or creeping shrubs > [noun] > clematis or traveller's joy white vine?a1425 clematis1578 lady's bower1597 traveller's joy1597 virgin's bower1597 bethwine1609 honesty1640 love1640 maiden's honesty1691 lady bower1715 virgin-bower1725 old man's beard1731 bindwith1797 Robin Hood's feather1820 silver-bush1886 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball iii. xlviii. 385 Pereuincle..is named Clematis in Latine, and therefore men call this kind Clematis altera, there be founde two kindes, ouer and bysides that plant whiche is nowe called in Latine Vitalba. 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 743 Biting Clematis, or white Clematis. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxiv. x. 191 Another hearbe there is like to this, which some have called Clematis. 1791 J. Abercrombie Every Man his Own Gardener (ed. 13) 577/2 (Catal. Perennial & Biennial Plants) Clematis, virgin's bower. 1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake i. 32 The clematis, the favoured flower, Which boasts the name of virgin-bower. 1846 Ld. Tennyson Golden Year in Poems (ed. 4) II. 91 Like an oaken stock in winter woods, O'erflourish'd with the hoary clematis. 1870 Ld. Tennyson Window 23 Rose, rose, and clematis, Trail and twine and clasp and kiss. †2. Formerly applied (as in classical Latin and Greek) to the Periwinkle (Vinca). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > foliage, house, or garden plants > [noun] > periwinkle sengreenc1000 periwinkleOE clematis1551 pervenche1845 vinca1868 myrtle1880 1551 W. Turner New Herball sig. K vj^v Clematis is named in englyshe perwyncle. 1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 63 The Egyptian Clematis or Periwinke drunke in vineger, is very good against the poyson of Aspes. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1551
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