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.

Derived terms

water wisteria

Translations

a genus of about ten species of woody climbing vines

Bulgarian: глици́ния f (glicínija)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 紫藤 (zh) (zǐténg)
Dutch: blauweregen (nl) m
Finnish: visteri
French: glycine (fr) f
German: Blauregen (de) m
Greek: πασχαλιά (el) f (paschaliá)
Interlingua: glycinia
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: wisteria f, glicina (es) f, glicinia f
Swedish: blåregn (sv) n
Thai: วิสเทียเรีย (wîs-tiia-riia), วีสเตียเรีย (wîis-tiia-riia), ฟูจิ (fuu-jì)

See also

wistaria

Portuguese

Noun

wisteria f (plural wisterias)

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

Spanish

Noun

wisteria f (plural wisterias)

(rare) wisteria (woody climbing vine of the genus Wisteria)
Synonyms: glicina, glicinia

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