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DEVIL'S DARNING NEEDLE

• DEVIL'S DARNING NEEDLE (noun)
The noun DEVIL'S DARNING NEEDLE has 2 senses:

1. common climber of eastern North America that sprawls over other plants and bears numerous panicles of small creamy white flowers
2. slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc.

Familiarity information: DEVIL'S DARNING NEEDLE used as a noun is rare.

• DEVIL'S DARNING NEEDLE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Common climber of eastern North America that sprawls over other plants and bears numerous panicles of small creamy white flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Clematis virginiana; devil's darning needle; virgin's bower; old man's beard

Hypernyms ("devil's darning needle" is a kind of...):

clematis (any of various ornamental climbing plants of the genus Clematis usually having showy flowers)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc.

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

snake doctor; snake feeder; dragonfly; mosquito hawk; skeeter hawk; darning needle; sewing needle; devil's darning needle

Hypernyms ("devil's darning needle" is a kind of...):

odonate (large primitive predatory aquatic insect having two pairs of membranous wings)

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