wisteria: any flowering vine of the genus Wisteria
vine: a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface
kuomintang: the political party founded in 1911 by Sun Yat-sen; it governed China under Chiang Kai-shek from 1928 until 1949 when the Communists took power and subsequently was the official ruling party of Taiwan