noun
- Common climber of eastern North America that sprawls over other plants and bears numerous panicles of small creamy white flowers.
- synonyms: virgin's bower, old man's beard, Clematis virginiana
- Slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc..
- synonyms: dragonfly, darning needle, sewing needle, snake feeder, snake doctor, mosquito hawk, skeeter hawk
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