virgin's bower

3 definitions found

virgin's bower - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Virgin \Vir"gin\, n. [L. virgo, -inis: cf. OF. virgine, virgene,
     virge, vierge, F. vierge.]
     1. A woman who has had no carnal knowledge of man; a maid.
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     2. A person of the male sex who has not known sexual
        indulgence. [Archaic] --Wyclif.
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              These are they which were not defiled with women;
              for they are virgins.                 --Rev. xiv. 4.
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              He his flesh hath overcome;
              He was a virgin, as he said.          --Gower.
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     3. (Astron.) See Virgo.
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     4. (Zool.) Any one of several species of gossamer-winged
        butterflies of the family Lycaenidae.
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     5. (Zool.) A female insect producing eggs from which young
        are hatched, though there has been no fecundation by a
        male; a parthenogenetic insect.
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     The Virgin, or The Blessed Virgin, the Virgin Mary, the
        Mother of Jesus Christ.
  
     Virgin's bower (Bot.), a name given to several climbing
        plants of the genus Clematis, as Clematis Vitalba of
        Europe, and Clematis Virginiana of North America.
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  Clematis \Clem"a*tis\ (kl[e^]m"[.a]*t[i^]s), n. [NL., fr. Gr.
     klhmati`s brushwood, also (from its long, lithe branches)
     clematis. fr. klh^ma twig, shoot, fr. kla^n to break off.]
     (Bot.)
     A genus of flowering plants, of many species, mostly
     climbers, having feathery styles, which greatly enlarge in
     the fruit; -- called also virgin's bower.
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virgin's bower - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  virgin's bower
      n 1: common climber of eastern North America that sprawls over
           other plants and bears numerous panicles of small creamy
           white flowers [syn: virgin's bower, old man's beard,
           devil's darning needle, Clematis virginiana]