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/trˈævələrz dʒɔɪ/ Listen

Traveller's joy

noun

Vigorous deciduous climber of Europe to Afghanistan and Lebanon having panicles of fragrant green-white flowers in summer and autumn. Synonyms: Clematis vitalba, old man's beard, traveler's joy.

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... surrenders Hand, foot, lip, to dust again, May those loved and loving faces Please other men! May the rusting harvest hedgerow Still the Traveller's Joy entwine, And as happy children gather Posies ...

— Georgian Poetry 1918-19 • Various

... of nettles by the hedge there is another weed, the Traveller's Joy, or Old Man's Beard. Its stem has climbed not only up the hedge, but high into a hawthorn bush which stands there. It has many small white feathery flowers with a pleasant scent. On each leaf stem there are usually five ...

— Wildflowers of the Farm • Arthur Owens Cooke

... the traveller's joy, the deep Empurpled rays that hide the smoky stone, The dahlia rooted in Egyptian sleep, The ...

— Poems of To-Day: an Anthology • Various

Words linked to "Traveller's joy" : old man's beard, clematis, traveler's joy, Clematis vitalba