(n)an eastern United States native resembling the cultivated Japanese wisteria having pale purple-lilac flowers, Syn.Wisteria frutescens, American wisteria
n. [ NL. ] [ So named after Caspar Wistar, an American anatomist. ] (Bot.) A genus of climbing leguminous plants bearing long, pendulous clusters of pale bluish flowers. Now commonly spelled Wisteria. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ The species commonest in cultivation is the Wistaria Sinensis from Eastern Asia. Wistaria fruticosa grows wild in the southern parts of the United States. [ 1913 Webster ]