woodbine
NounWordNet 3.0
Noun (2)
- common North American vine with compound leaves and bluish-black berrylike fruitSynonyms: Virginia creeperAmerican ivyParthenocissus quinquefolia
- European twining honeysuckle with fragrant red and yellow-white flowersSynonyms: Lonicera periclymenum
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
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]
Woodbine \Wood"bine`\, n. [AS. wudubind black ivy; -- so named as binding about trees. See Wood, and Bind, v. t.] (Bot.) (a) A climbing plant having flowers of great fragrance (Lonicera Periclymenum); the honeysuckle. (b) The Virginia creeper. See Virginia creeper, under Virginia. [Local, U. S.] [1913 Webster]
Beatrice, who even now Is couched in the woodbine coverture.— Shak.[1913 Webster]