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glycine

8.1

A climbing plant with hanging purple or white flowers and a sweet smell

noun
/ˈɡlaɪsiːn/

: glicinia

She planted glycine along the pergola to create a fragrant canopy of flowers.

Examples

Clusters of purple glycine hung gracefully from the garden archway.
The old fence was covered in blooming glycine every spring.
The glycine plant blooms beautifully in spring.
Many gardeners love to grow glycine for its lovely flowers.
She planted glycine along the pergola to create a fragrant canopy of flowers.
Clusters of purple glycine hung gracefully from the garden archway.
The old fence was covered in blooming glycine every spring.

Synonyms

wisteria

vsglycine

4 7.4

A climbing plant with hanging purple or white flowers grown for decoration

highlights fragrance and common name rather than decorative flower clusters

Surface Forms

glycine singular

glycines plural

Morphology

glycine = glyc + ine

The plant name is a loan/derived botanical name using the same combining form and '-ine' suffix, and its meaning 'wisteria' is not inferable from the morphemes by an average learner.

Etymology

Glycine as a name for the climbing plant also comes from Greek glykys 'sweet', referring to the sweet smell of its flowers, so calling the plant glycine points to the fragrant, wisteria-like blooms.