(n) Asiatic deciduous woody vine having large drooping racemes of white or bluish or purple or pinkish flowers and velvety pods; widely grown as an ornamental
(n) a softwood tree with lax racemes of usually red or pink flowers; tropical Australia and Asia; naturalized in southern Florida and West Indies, Syn. vegetable hummingbird, Sesbania grandiflora
(n) an eastern United States native resembling the cultivated Japanese wisteria having pale purple-lilac flowers, Syn. Wisteria frutescens, American wisteria
(n) a localized and violently destructive windstorm occurring over land characterized by a funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground, Syn. twister
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53 Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)
n. 1. One who twists; specifically, the person whose occupation is to twist or join the threads of one warp to those of another, in weaving. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. The instrument used in twisting, or making twists. [ 1913 Webster ]
He, twirling his twister, makes a twist of the twine. Wallis. [ 1913 Webster ]
3. (Carp.) A girder. Craig. [ 1913 Webster ]
4. (Man.) The inner part of the thigh, the proper place to rest upon when on horseback. Craig. [ 1913 Webster ]