wisterias

wis*te*ria

noun

{bc}any of a genus ({it}Wisteria{/it}) of mostly woody leguminous vines of China, Japan, and the southeastern U.S. that have pinnately compound leaves and long racemes of showy blue, white, purple, or rose papilionaceous flowers and that include several (such as {it}W. sinensis{/it} and {it}W. floribunda{/it}) grown as ornamentals