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traveller's joy
noun[ U ]
uk /ˌtræv.əl.əz ˈdʒɔɪ/ us /ˈtræv.əl.ɚz ˌdʒɔɪ/
a climbing plant that grows wild in the UK and Europe. It has white flowers, and seeds with long parts that look like white feathers or hair:
The trees were tangled with honeysuckle and traveller's joy.
Traveller's joy is one of Britain's best-loved and most familiar wild flowers.
Traveller's joy (Clematis vitalba) has spread onto urban wasteland.
The first greenish-white flowers of traveller's joy are climbing over the hedges.
The fresh green tendrils and silky flowers of traveller's joy overgrow the elder and sloe bushes.
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