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Ivy Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Ivy? [n] Old World vine with lobed evergreen leaves and black berrylike fruits Synonyms \| Synonyms for Ivy: common ivy \| English ivy \| Hedera helix Related Terms \| Find terms related to Ivy: 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 See Also \| genus Hedera \| Hedera \| vine Ivy In Webster's Dictionary \I"vy\, n.; pl. {Ivies}. [AS. [=i]fig; akin to OHG. ebawi, ebah, G. epheu.] (Bot.) A plant of the genus {Hedera} ({H. 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. Direct The clasping ivy where to climb. --Milton. Ye myrtles brown, with ivy never sere. --Milton. {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} ({S. scandens}). {Ground ivy}. (Bot.) Gill ({Nepeta Glechoma}). {Ivy bush}. (Bot.) See {Mountain laurel}, under {Mountain}. {Ivy owl} (Zo["o]l.), 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}.

Ivy Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Ivy?

[n] Old World vine with lobed evergreen leaves and black berrylike fruits

Synonyms | Synonyms for Ivy: common ivy | English ivy | Hedera helix

See Also | genus Hedera | Hedera | vine

Ivy In Webster's Dictionary

\I"vy\, n.; pl. {Ivies}. [AS. [=i]fig; akin to OHG. ebawi,
ebah, G. epheu.] (Bot.)
A plant of the genus {Hedera} ({H. 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.

      Direct The clasping ivy where to climb.  --Milton.

      Ye myrtles brown, with ivy never sere.   --Milton.

{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} ({S. scandens}).

{Ground ivy}. (Bot.) Gill ({Nepeta Glechoma}).

{Ivy bush}. (Bot.) See {Mountain laurel}, under {Mountain}.


{Ivy owl} (Zo["o]l.), 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}.

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