Obs. Also in Lat. form clematitis. [a. F. clématite, ad. L. clēmatītis, a. Gr. κληματῖτις, f. κλῆμα vine-twig.]
1. The Birthwort, Aristolochia Clematitis.
[1551. Turner, Herbal, I. D vj b. The thyrde kynd of Aristolochia is called clematitis, because it hath long smal braunches, like a vynde.]
1712. trans. Pomet’s Hist. Drugs, I. 45. The Clematite, or Saracen Birthwort.
1725. Bradley, Fam. Dict., Clematite.
