VIRGIN'S BOWER

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Common climber of eastern North America that sprawls over other plants and bears numerous panicles of small creamy white flowers

Synonyms:

Clematis virginiana; devil's darning needle; old man's beard; virgin's bower

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("virgin's bower" is a kind of...):

clematis (any of various ornamental climbing plants of the genus Clematis usually having showy flowers)

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