Clematis

See also: clematis

Translingual

Etymology

From Latin clematis, from Ancient Greek κληματίς (klēmatís, “brushwood, clematis”).

Proper noun

Clematis f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Ranunculaceae – the clematises; vigorous climbing lianas, found throughout the temperate zones.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots – clades; Ranunculales – order; Ranunculaceae – family; Ranunculoideae - subfamily; Anemoneae - tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Clematis vitalba - type species

Coordinate terms

• (genus in Anemoneae): Anemone, Archiclematis, Barneoudia, Metanemone, Naravelia, Oreithales, Pulsatilla - genera

Derived terms

• Archiclematis

Descendants

• → Bulgarian: клематис (klematis)
• → Dutch: clematis
• English: → clematis, ⇒ clematine, ⇒ clematitol
• → Esperanto: klemato
• → French: clématite
• → Galician: clemátide
• → Greek: κληματίδα (klimatída) (semantic loan)
• → Ido: klematido
• → Irish: cleimeatas
• → Italian: clematide
• → Norwegian: klematis
• → Portuguese: clematite
• → Romanian: clematită
• → Russian: клема́тис (klemátis)
• → Spanish: clemátide
• → Swedish: klematis, clematis

References

• Clematis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Clematis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Clematis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Clematis at Tropicos
• Clematis at The Plant List

English

Proper noun

Clematis

1. A town in the Shire of Cardinia, central eastern Victoria, Australia