| ̷ ̷( ̷ ̷) ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ noun
( plural traveler's-joys )
: any of several climbing plants of the genus Clematis ; especially : a vigorous woody climber ( C. vitalba ) of Europe and the Mediterranean region with fragrant greenish white flowers borne in axillary panicles in summer and autumn — compare old-man's beard, virgin's bower