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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

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


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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