maiden's honesty

Meaning

Noun

A plant of the species Clematis vitalba, evergreen clematis, a vine, native to the chalk and limestone soils of Britain, often considered invasive and noxious elsewhere.

Related

Similar words

old man's beard, traveller's joy

Origin

honesty, in the obsolete sense of "chastity".

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