Etymology

maiden's honesty

Today it means: A plant of the species Clematis vitalba, evergreen clematis, a vine, native to the chalk and limestone soils of Britain, often considered invasive and noxious elsewhere. Full definition →

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The story

honesty, in the obsolete sense of "chastity".

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