noun
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, ↑Clematis virginiana
• Hypernyms: ↑clematis
2. slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc.
• Syn:
↑dragonfly, ↑darning needle, ↑sewing needle, ↑snake feeder, ↑snake doctor, ↑mosquito hawk, ↑skeeter hawk
• Hypernyms: ↑odonate
Useful english dictionary. 2012.