Definition of wisteria

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wis·ter·i·a    (w-stîr-) KEY  also wis·tar·i·a  (w-stâr-) KEY 

NOUN:

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.

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ETYMOLOGY:
New Latin Wisteria, genus name, after Caspar Wistar (1761-1818), American physician