/wi stear"ee euh/ , n.
any climbing shrub belonging to the genus Wisteria, of the legume family, having showy, pendent clusters of blue-violet, white, purple, or rose flowers.
Also, wistaria /wi stear"ee euh, -stair"-/ .
[ Wistaria (1818), named after Caspar Wistar (1761-1818), U.S. anatomist; see -IA ]