Meanings
plural wisterias · alternative wistaria
- countableuncountableAny 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.
I know it's typical of me to keep secrets to find my way back again Touch of conditional love Reasons to keep me from binding the pathogen Wisteria grows I just want a clear view
2019, “Electric Cross”, performed by Spiritbox1 more example
(I’m too often haunted by a line from her 2006 novel, Wicked!, in which she tackles 9/11 by lamenting that the “people leaping out of the flaming tower windows” tragically had “no wisteria to aid their descent.”)
2024 November 28, Sophie Gilbert, quoting Jilly Cooper, “The Silliest, Sexiest Show of the Year”, in The Atlantic - broadlycountableuncountableThe lavenderish color of their flowers; specifically
- countableuncountableCertain other woody plants that resemble those of Wisteria.
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- taxonomic nameWisteria
- taxonomic nameWisteria
- Englishwisteria
Borrowed from taxonomic name Wisteria.
More words from taxonomic name
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian глици́ния
- глици́ния (glicínija)a genus of about ten species of woody climbing vines
Chinese Mandarin 紫藤
- 紫藤 (zǐténg)a genus of about ten species of woody climbing vines
Czech vistárie
- vistáriea genus of about ten species of woody climbing vines
Danish blåregn
- blåregna genus of about ten species of woody climbing vines
Dutch blauweregen
- blauweregena genus of about ten species of woody climbing vines
Finnish visteri
- visteria genus of about ten species of woody climbing vines
French glycine
- glycinea genus of about ten species of woody climbing vines
German Blauregen
- Blauregena genus of about ten species of woody climbing vines
Greek πασχαλιά
- πασχαλιά (paschaliá)a genus of about ten species of woody climbing vines
Irish visteáiria
- visteáiriaa genus of about ten species of woody climbing vines
Italian glicine
- glicinea genus of about ten species of woody climbing vines
Japanese 藤
- 藤a genus of about ten species of woody climbing vines
Korean 등나무
- 등나무 (deungnamu)a genus of about ten species of woody climbing vines
Latvian glicīnija, vistērija
- glicīnijaa genus of about ten species of woody climbing vines
- vistērijaa genus of about ten species of woody climbing vines
Persian پیچ گلیسین, گل ویستریا
- پیچ گلیسینa genus of about ten species of woody climbing vines
- گل ویستریاa genus of about ten species of woody climbing vines
Polish glicynia, słodlin
- glicyniaa genus of about ten species of woody climbing vines
- słodlina genus of about ten species of woody climbing vines
- wisteriaa genus of about ten species of woody climbing vines
Portuguese wisteria, glicínia
- wisteriaa genus of about ten species of woody climbing vines
- glicíniaa genus of about ten species of woody climbing vines
Romanian glicină
- glicinăa genus of about ten species of woody climbing vines
Russian глици́ния, висте́рия
- глици́ния (glicínija)a genus of about ten species of woody climbing vines
- висте́рия (vistérija)a genus of about ten species of woody climbing vines
Slovak vistéria
- vistériaa genus of about ten species of woody climbing vines
Spanish wisteria, glicina
- wisteriaa genus of about ten species of woody climbing vines
- glicinaa genus of about ten species of woody climbing vines
- gliciniaa genus of about ten species of woody climbing vines
Swedish blåregn
- blåregna genus of about ten species of woody climbing vines
Thai วิสเทียเรีย, วีสเตียเรีย
- วิสเทียเรีย (wîs-tiia-riia)a genus of about ten species of woody climbing vines
- วีสเตียเรีย (wîis-tiia-riia)a genus of about ten species of woody climbing vines
- ฟูจิ (fuu-jì)a genus of about ten species of woody climbing vines
Turkish salkım, mor salkım
- salkıma genus of about ten species of woody climbing vines
- mor salkıma genus of about ten species of woody climbing vines
Cite this entry
wisteria. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wisteria
“wisteria.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wisteria. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wisteria,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wisteria.
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