'American ivy' definitions:
Definition of 'American ivy'
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noun
Common North American vine with compound leaves and bluish- black berrylike fruit [syn: Virginia creeper, American ivy, woodbine, Parthenocissus quinquefolia]
Definition of 'American ivy'
From: GCIDE
- Ivy \I"vy\, n.; pl. Ivies. [AS. [imac]fig; akin to OHG. ebawi, ebah, G. epheu.] (Bot.) A plant of the genus Hedera (Hedera helix), common in Europe. Its leaves are evergreen, dark, smooth, shining, and mostly five-pointed; the flowers yellowish and small; the berries black or yellow. The stem clings to walls and trees by rootlike fibers. [1913 Webster]
- Direct The clasping ivy where to climb. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- Ye myrtles brown, with ivy never sere. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- American ivy. (Bot.) See Virginia creeper.
- English ivy (Bot.), a popular name in America for the ivy proper (Hedera helix).
- German ivy (Bot.), a creeping plant, with smooth, succulent stems, and fleshy, light-green leaves; a species of Senecio (Senecio scandens).
- Ground ivy. (Bot.) Gill (Nepeta Glechoma).
- Ivy bush. (Bot.) See Mountain laurel, under Mountain.
- Ivy owl (Zool.), the barn owl.
- Ivy tod (Bot.), the ivy plant. --Tennyson.
- Japanese ivy (Bot.), a climbing plant ({Ampelopsis tricuspidata}), closely related to the Virginia creeper.
- Poison ivy (Bot.), an American woody creeper ({Rhus Toxicodendron}), with trifoliate leaves, and greenish-white berries. It is exceedingly poisonous to the touch for most persons.
- To pipe in an ivy leaf, to console one's self as best one can. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
- West Indian ivy, a climbing plant of the genus Marcgravia. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'American ivy'
From: GCIDE
- Virginia \Vir*gin"i*a\, n. One of the States of the United States of America. -- a. Of or pertaining to the State of Virginia. [1913 Webster]
- Virginia cowslip (Bot.), the American lungwort ({Mertensia Virginica}).
- Virginia creeper (Bot.), a common ornamental North American woody vine (Ampelopsis quinquefolia), climbing extensively by means of tendrils; -- called also woodbine, and American ivy. [U. S.]
- Virginia fence. See Worm fence, under Fence.
- Virginia nightingale (Zool.), the cardinal bird. See under Cardinal.
- Virginia quail (Zool.), the bobwhite.
- Virginia reel, an old English contradance; -- so called in the United States. --Bartlett.
- Virginia stock. (Bot.) See Mahon stock. [1913 Webster]