Clematis : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Clematis	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Clematis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
clematis n any of various ornamental climbing plants of the genus Clematis usually having showy flowers
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Clematis \Clem"a*tis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] brushwood, also (from its long, lithe branches) clematis. fr. [?] twig, shoot, fr. [?] 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}.