(n) scandent subshrub of southeastern United States having large red-purple bell-shaped flowers with leathery recurved sepals, Syn. Clematis viorna, vase-fine, vase vine
(n) vigorous deciduous climber of Europe to Afghanistan and Lebanon having panicles of fragrant green-white flowers in summer and autumn, Syn. old man's beard, Clematis vitalba, traveller's joy
n. [ NL., fr. Gr. klhmati`s brushwood, also (from its long, lithe branches) clematis. fr. klh^ma twig, shoot, fr. kla^n to break off. ] (Bot.) A genus of flowering plants, of many species, mostly climbers, having feathery styles, which greatly enlarge in the fruit; -- called also virgin's bower. [ 1913 Webster ]