'Ivy' definitions:
Definition of 'ivy'
From: WordNet
noun
Old World vine with lobed evergreen leaves and black berrylike fruits [syn: ivy, common ivy, English ivy, Hedera helix]
Definition of '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]
Synonyms of 'ivy'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aestival,
- algae,
- autophyte,
- bean,
- beryl-green,
- berylline,
- blue-green,
- bluish-green,
- bracken,
- brown algae,
- chartreuse,
- chloranemic,
- chlorine,
- chlorotic,
- citrine,
- citrinous,
- climber,
- conferva,
- confervoid,
- creeper,
- diatom,
- emerald,
- fern,
- foliaged,
- fruits and vegetables,
- fucus,
- fungus,
- glaucescent,
- glaucous,
- glaucous-green,
- grapevine,
- grassy,
- green,
- green algae,
- green as grass,
- green-blue,
- greenish,
- greenish-blue,
- greenish-yellow,
- greensick,
- gulfweed,
- herb,
- heterophyte,
- holly,
- ivy-green,
- kelp,
- leafy,
- leaved,
- legume,
- lentil,
- liana,
- lichen,
- liverwort,
- mold,
- moss,
- mushroom,
- olivaceous,
- olive,
- olive-green,
- parasite,
- parasitic plant,
- pea,
- perthophyte,
- phytoplankton,
- planktonic algae,
- plant families,
- porraceous,
- puffball,
- pulse,
- red algae,
- rockweed,
- rust,
- saprophyte,
- sargasso,
- sargassum,
- sea lentil,
- sea moss,
- sea wrack,
- seaweed,
- smaragdine,
- smut,
- springlike,
- succulent,
- summerlike,
- summery,
- toadstool,
- verdant,
- verdurous,
- vernal,
- vernant,
- vert,
- vetch,
- vine,
- virescent,
- wort,
- wrack,
- yellowish-green
Words containing 'Ivy'
- Ivied,
- Ivies,
- American ivy,
- English ivy,
- German ivy,
- Ground ivy,
- Ivy bush,
- Ivy owl,
- Ivy tod,
- Japanese ivy,
- Mexican ivy,
- Mount Ivy,
- Poison ivy,
- boston ivy,
- common ivy,
- ivy arum,
- ivy family,
- ivy geranium,
- ivy league,
- ivy leaguer,
- Ivy-mantled,
- Mount Ivy, NY,
- To pipe in an ivy leaf,
- West Indian ivy,
- ivy-covered,
- switch-ivy,
- ivy-leaved geranium