traveler's-joy \| ̷ ̷( ̷ ̷) ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷\noun (pluraltraveler's-joys) : any of several climbing plants of the genus Clematis; especially: a vigorous woody climber (C. vitalba) of Europe and the Mediterranean region with fragrant greenish white flowers borne in axillary panicles in summer and autumn — compare old-man's beard, virgin's bower