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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 flowers
Familiarity information: PURPLE VIRGIN'S BOWER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• 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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