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silky wisteria

silky wisteria

7.7
A climbing plant from China with groups of white fragrant flowers and soft hairy leaves
  • noun
translation icon : glicinia sedosa
  • Gardeners appreciate silky wisteria for its elegant vines and delicate, fragrant flowers.

Examples

  • The silky wisteria in the botanical garden attracted visitors with its cascading white blossoms.

  • Unlike the common purple varieties, silky wisteria features clusters of white flowers.

  • The silky wisteria blooms beautifully in spring.

  • I planted a silky wisteria in my garden last year.

  • Gardeners appreciate silky wisteria for its elegant vines and delicate, fragrant flowers.

  • The silky wisteria in the botanical garden attracted visitors with its cascading white blossoms.

  • Unlike the common purple varieties, silky wisteria features clusters of white flowers.

Synonyms

Wisteria venusta
vssilky wisteria
  • Specialized
8.8

A climbing plant with long white hanging flowers that comes from China

is the same species but adds fragrant blooms and silky-haired foliage

Surface Forms

silky wisteria singular
silky wisterias plural

Morphology

silky + wisteria

The phrase simply combines the adjective 'silky' (soft, smooth, shiny) with the noun 'wisteria' (a climbing flowering plant), so the overall meaning — a wisteria with a silky quality to its flowers or foliage — is directly derivable from the parts. Although the name refers to a specific species and includes a botanical nuance (silky-haired foliage), this compositional pattern is straightforward and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both words would understand it.

Etymology

Silky wisteria gets its name from a simple picture: silky points to the soft, fine hairs on its leaves and wisteria is the climbing plant with long, hanging flowers. That's why the name is used for a wisteria with white, fragrant blooms and silky-haired foliage.