clematis

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For you are as the clematis, my love, sweet and beautiful as its blossoms, dear as its growth about the windows of a home--and deep, endlessly deep, as life itself But that is just what you are doing, Olof--for all you say is like a poem and a song," answered the girl.

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  1. noun Any of various ornamental, mostly climbing plants of the genus Clematis, native chiefly to northern temperate regions and having showy, variously colored flowers or decorative fruit clusters.

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  • The swift growth of the wild with briar and eglantine and trailing clematis was already drawing a veil over this place of dreadful feast and slaughter; but it was not ancient. —  The Lord of the Rings
  • I never thought about turning a clothesline into a clematis-covered trellis, but why not? —  Catholic Online > Daily Readings
  • Sweet autumn clematis is a vigorous, semi-evergreen vine, producing sweetly fragrant white flowers in late summer through fall. —  Local News | The Bryan College Station Eagle
  • Sadly, my sweet autumn clematis was obliterated by the pond guys and it hasn't struggled back yet. —  Gardening While Intoxicated
  • The more common climbers are clematis, morning glory, ivy, and honeysuckle. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
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  1. Latin clēmatis, a creeping plant, from Greek klēmatis, from klēma, klēmat-, twig.
 

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