bower : Idioms & Phrases

• in some forms of euchre and some other games, an extra card sometimes added to the pack, which takes precedence of all others as the highest card.

Webster 1913

• . See the Note under Anchor.

Webster 1913

• noun climbing Asiatic vine having long finely serrate leaves and racemes of white flowers followed by greenish-yellow edible fruit
  Actinidia arguta; tara vine.
  

WordNet

Bow"er bird`

Definitions

1. (Zoöl.) An Australian bird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus or holosericeus), allied to the starling, which constructs singular bowers or playhouses of twigs and decorates them with brightcolored objects; the satin bird. ✍ The name is also applied to other related birds of the same region, having similar habits; as, the spotted bower bird (Chalmydodera maculata), and the regent bird (Sericulus melinus).

Webster 1913

La"dy's bow"er

Definitions

1. (Bot.) A climbing plant with fragrant blossoms (Clematis vitalba). ✍ This term is sometimes applied to other plants of the same genus.

Webster 1913

• the knave of the other suit of the same color as the trump, being the next to the right bower in value.

Webster 1913

• noun climber of northeastern North America having waxy purplish-blue flowers
  Clematis verticillaris; purple clematis; mountain clematis.
  

WordNet

• the knave of the trump suit, the highest card (except the "Joker") in the game.

Webster 1913

• noun common climber of eastern North America that sprawls over other plants and bears numerous panicles of small creamy white flowers
  devil's darning needle; old man's beard; Clematis virginiana.
  

WordNet

• (Bot.), a name given to several climbing plants of the genus Clematis, as C. Vitalba of Europe, and C. Virginiana of North America.

Webster 1913