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Clematis viorna

Clematis viorna

9.9
A climbing plant with large purple-red bell-shaped flowers
  • noun
  • Specialized
translation icon : Clemátide viorna
  • The garden was filled with the vivid blooms of Clematis viorna climbing the trellis.

Examples

  • Horticulturists admire Clematis viorna for its distinctive bell-shaped flowers.

  • The Clematis viorna is known for its striking red-purple flowers.

  • Botanists in the southeastern United States often study Clematis viorna as a native species.

  • The Clematis viorna blooms beautifully in the spring.

  • The garden was filled with the vivid blooms of Clematis viorna climbing the trellis.

  • Horticulturists admire Clematis viorna for its distinctive bell-shaped flowers.

  • The Clematis viorna is known for its striking red-purple flowers.

Synonyms

vase vine
vsClematis viorna
  • US
9.9

A climbing plant with large red-purple bell-shaped flowers and thick leaf-like parts under the flowers

is larger and fully woody rather than a smaller subshrub
vase-fine
vsClematis viorna
  • US
9.9

A climbing small bush from the southeastern United States with large red-purple bell-shaped flowers

is larger and fully woody rather than a low subshrub
leather flower
vsClematis viorna
  • US
9.1

A climbing plant with thick, leather-like outer parts and bell-shaped blooms

is specific to red purple flowers and southeastern range rather than general forms

Surface Forms

Clematis viorna singular
Clematis viornae plural

Morphology

clematis + viorna

This is a botanical binomial (genus + species): 'Clematis' clearly signals a climbing, flowering plant, so a learner who knows that word will recognise the item as a type of clematis. However, the specific epithet 'viorna' is a Latin name element with no transparent lexical meaning for a B1 learner, so the precise descriptive sense (colour, shape, range) cannot be derived from the parts. Cross-linguistically scientific names follow this pattern, making the general taxonomic relation predictable but the specific epithet opaque.

Etymology

Clematis viorna comes from old words: Clematis may come from a Greek word for a climbing 'vine', and viorna may come from a word for a 'bell-shaped flower'. So the name helps you remember it is a climbing plant with bell-shaped blooms.