n.
Pronunciation: wis- ' tir- ē - ə
Variant: also wis · tar · ia \ - ' tir- ē - ə also - ' ter- \
Function: noun
Etymology: New Latin Wisteria, from Caspar Wistar † 1818 American physician
Date: 1842
: any of a genus ( Wisteria ) of mostly woody leguminous vines of China, Japan, and the southeastern U.S. that have pinnately compound leaves and long racemes of showy blue, white, purple, or rose papilionaceous flowers and that include several (as W. sinensis and W. floribunda ) grown as ornamentals
wisteria