Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun devil's_darning_needle

2 senses of devil's darning needle

Sense 1
virgin's bower, old man's beard, devil's darning needle, Clematis virginiana -- (common climber of eastern North America that sprawls over other plants and bears numerous panicles of small creamy white flowers)
       => clematis -- (any of various ornamental climbing plants of the genus Clematis usually having showy flowers)

Sense 2
dragonfly, darning needle, devil's darning needle, sewing needle, snake feeder, snake doctor, mosquito hawk, skeeter hawk -- (slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc.)
       => odonate -- (large primitive predatory aquatic insect having two pairs of membranous wings)