wisteria

See also: Wisteria

English

Etymology

Wisteria sinensis trees (vernacular 'Chinese wisteria')

From the genus name.

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /wɪsˈtɛriə/, also IPA^(key): /wɪsˈtiriə/
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Noun

wisteria (countable and uncountable, plural wisterias)

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.

Translations

a genus of about ten species of woody climbing vines

Bulgarian: глици́ния f (glicínija)
Dutch: blauweregen (nl) m
Finnish: visteri
French: glycine (fr) f
German: Blauregen (de) m
Greek: πασχαλιά (el) f (paschaliá)
Irish: visteáiria f
Italian: glicine (it) m
Japanese: 藤 (ja) (フジ, ふじ, fuji)
Korean: 등나무 (ko) (deungnamu)
Polish: glicynia f, słodlin m, wisteria (pl) f
Portuguese: wisteria f, glicínia (pt) f
Romanian: glicină (ro) f
Russian: глици́ния (ru) f (glicínija), висте́рия (ru) f (vistérija)
Spanish: glicina (es) f
Swedish: blåregn (sv) n

See also

wistaria

Portuguese

Noun

wisteria f (plural wisterias)

(rare) wisteria (woody climbing vine of the genus Wisteria)
Synonym: glicínia

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