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[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]