Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Any of several climbing woody vines of the genus Wisteria in the pea family, having pinnately compound leaves and drooping racemes of showy purplish or white flowers.
Wiktionary
- n. Any of several woody climbing vines, of the genus Wisteria, native to the East Asian countries of China, Korea, and Japan and the eastern United States.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. Same as wistaria.
WordNet 3.0
- n. any flowering vine of the genus Wisteria
Etymologies
- New Latin Wisteria, genus name, after Caspar Wistar (1761-1818), American physician. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“The manicured roses in their beds by the white picket fence were showing lips of pink on their buds, and the wisteria was a cascade of lavender.”
“The wisteria is another flower which is cultivated in great quantities in Japan.”
“Over by the gate the spirea had ventured into showering sprays exhaling a shy and fugitive fragrance, and what had been a blur of gray cables strung upon the oaks had begun to bud with emerald and blossom with amethyst -- the wisteria was a-borning.”
“Fuji (藤): A wisteria, which is an important pattern used on kimono or to decorate the stage.”
“Copper is not only a fine investment, but it withstands the often-considerable stress climbing and vining plants such as wisteria can place on supporting structures.”
“Our revolution already has some leguminous plants that have also been tested recently, such as wisteria and leucaena, to give two examples.”
“Some, such as wisteria, are downright rampant and should not be selected unless you're willing to do what it takes to manage them.”
“I have office stationery from the South Tower that landed in my wisteria boxes.”
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“The property also holds an auxiliary building covered in wisteria.”
“There was a great deal of fake wisteria draped across the front of the Beaux Arts home which was fine to look at as we all melted in the heat and inside was a botanical bonanza of blooms.”
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Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘wisteria’.
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Uncommon Colours
azure, myrtle, periwinkle, viridian, jade, emerald, lime, chartreuse, asparagus, celadon, harlequin, olive and 147 more...
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Crayon Colors
This is a continuing list of Crayon Colors past and present. As I find new ones added to the "box", I will add them here as well!
black, blue, brown, apricot, bittersweet, blue green, blue violet, brick red, burnt sienna, carnation pink, cornflower, flesh and 134 more...
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Flora
Flowers and plants have some of the most beautiful names.
These are often the common names, as opposed to the scientific or botanical names.daffodil, gardenia, tulip, snapdragon, violet, orchid, bleeding heart, daisy, lily, lilac, narcissus, rose and 278 more...
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Sophaloaf's list
Favorites!
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ambrosia, inamorata, gossamer, lily-white, hummingbird, roucoulement, poppy, daisy, calypso, lunula, lamb, dove and 1526 more...
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Color Words for Shoes
Vendors can get oddly creative.
amaranth, brindle, iguana, slate black, madder brown, bison, pinecone, seal brown, forest night, burnt orange, monument, beet red and 399 more...
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colours
& related words
atrament, atramentum, atramental, wisteria, primrose, monochrome, phantasmagoria, pallid, sallow
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dandy's list
favourite words
cattywampus, wibble, fenagle, whisker, sneeze, wisteria, honeysuckle, clove, perihelion, glimmer, twilight, dusk and 264 more...
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quincunx, adoxography, panjundrum, breloque, surd, scripturient, rousant, favrile, embouchure, aquarelle, griffonage, sussultatory and 234 more...
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Morthalion's Words
supercilious, kvetch, kvass, splurge, erroneous, pugnacious, macabre, gauche, conglomerate, abyss, paraphernalia, kleptomania and 285 more...
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The Most Beautiful Words in the Engli...
mellifluous, obscure, star-crossed, undulating, solstice, messiah, audacious, solace, twilight, wanderlust, lovelorn, byzantine and 219 more...
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minneapolitan's Words
hissyfit, fussbudget, aghast, lament, trichinellosis, tranche, decadent, aspersion, pejorative, aniline, galoshes, accede and 200 more...
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Crayola Crayon Colors Circa 1998
almond, antique brass, apricot, aquamarine, asparagus, atomic tangerine, banana mania, beaver, bittersweet, black, blizzard blue, blue and 108 more...
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Rilakkuma's list
The Velvetine Ruffians
gamine, waif, ruffian, villain, rake, libertine, velvetine, luminary, nom de plume, street urchin, epicurean, eventide and 256 more...
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Words Covered in Faery Dust (W)
words that evoke magic, mystery, mayhem, magnificence or anything else that glimmers in the grass
wail, waistcoat, wales, wallflower, wand, wandering, wanderlust, waning, ward, wardrobe, warp, wassail and 97 more...
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sionnach's Words
contumely, fomite, holmgang, poltroon, eleemosynary, obsidian, nugatory, grindcore, felch, recrudescent, pyx, parenteral and 3271 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for wisteria.

MIRIAMKELLYDUNCAN the color of purple Sep 15, 2011
oroboros Along with the scent of the plumeria blossom (frangipani).
I also like Alyssum and Jacaranda as olfactory charmers... Aug 22, 2007
jennarenn This may be one of the best scents on Earth. Aug 21, 2007
abraxaszugzwang A black sheep boy dissolves
In hot cream, in sweet moans
In each dead bed and empty home
In each seething bacterium
Killing softly and serial
He lifts his head, handsome, horned, magisterial
He's the smell of the moonlight wisteria
He's the thrill of the abecedarian
(See the muddy hoofprints where he carried you?)
-Okkervil River Jan 21, 2007