VIRGIN'S BOWER

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

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

1. common climber of eastern North America that sprawls over other plants and bears numerous panicles of small creamy white flowers

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• VIRGIN'S BOWER (noun)

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Meaning:

Common climber of eastern North America that sprawls over other plants and bears numerous panicles of small creamy white flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Clematis virginiana; devil's darning needle; old man's beard; virgin's bower

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

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