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clematis
/kləˈmæ.tɪs/
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What does clematis mean?
noun
- Any plant of the genus Clematis, vigorous climbing lianas found throughout the temperate zones.
proper noun
- A town in the Shire of Cardinia, central eastern Victoria, Australia
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Around the case he planted wild clematis, bittersweet, and wild-grapevines, and trained them over it until it was almost covered.
She leaned close to the trellis, and parting the sprays of clematis that covered it looked into a corner of the room.
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A deep, mellow, fertile soil, naturally moist, will suit the requirements of clematis.
The chiselled stone has the hue of ages, and is profusely overhung and overspread with the ivy, the coral honeysuckle, the eglantine, and the clematis.
But he was not thinking of them nor of anything but a certain spring day when the bees were humming in the clematis; when a girl was saying good bye to him.