american ivy

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american ivy - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
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           Direct
           The clasping ivy where to climb.         --Milton.
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           Ye myrtles brown, with ivy never sere.   --Milton.
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     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.
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  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.
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     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.
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  American \A*mer"i*can\ ([.a]*m[~e]r"[i^]*kan), a. [Named from
     Americus Vespucius.]
     1. Of or pertaining to America; as, the American continent:
        American Indians.
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     2. Of or pertaining to the United States. "A young officer of
        the American navy." --Lyell.
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     American ivy. See Virginia creeper.
  
     American Party (U. S. Politics), a party, about 1854, which
        opposed the influence of foreign-born citizens, and those
        supposed to owe allegiance to a foreign power.
  
     Native american Party (U. S. Politics), a party of
        principles similar to those of the American party. It
        arose about 1843, but soon died out.
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american ivy - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  American ivy
      n 1: common North American vine with compound leaves and bluish-
           black berrylike fruit [syn: Virginia creeper, American ivy
           , woodbine, Parthenocissus quinquefolia]