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PURPLE VIRGIN'S BOWER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does purple virgin's bower mean? 

PURPLE VIRGIN'S BOWER (noun)
  The noun PURPLE VIRGIN'S BOWER has 1 sense:

1. climber of northeastern North America having waxy purplish-blue flowersplay

  Familiarity information: PURPLE VIRGIN'S BOWER used as a noun is very rare.


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PURPLE VIRGIN'S BOWER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Climber of northeastern North America having waxy purplish-blue flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Clematis verticillaris; mountain clematis; purple clematis; purple virgin's bower

Hypernyms ("purple virgin's bower" is a kind of...):

clematis (any of various ornamental climbing plants of the genus Clematis usually having showy flowers)


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