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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: common North American vine with compound leaves and bluish- black berrylike fruit [syn: Virginia creeper, American ivy, woodbine, Parthenocissus quinquefolia]
2: European twining honeysuckle with fragrant red and yellow- white flowers [syn: woodbine, Lonicera periclymenum]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English wodebinde, from Old English wudubinde, from wudu wood + bindan to tie, bind; from its winding around trees Date: before 12th century 1. any of several honeysuckles; especially a Eurasian twining shrub (Lonicera periclymenum) 2. Virginia creeper

Britannica Concise

Any of many species of vines belonging to various flowering-plant families, especially the Virginia creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia, family Vitaceae) of N. America and the Eurasian woodbine honeysuckle (Lonicera periclymenum, family Caprifoliaceae). The Virginia creeper, also called Amer. ivy, attaches to walls, fences, and large tree trunks by means of disk-tipped tendrils. Its leaves display spectacular fall color from yellow to red-purple. Woodbine honeysuckle has grayish-green leaves and fragrant, yellowish-white flowers.

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 wild honeysuckle. 2 US Virginia creeper.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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. 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 (Zo["o]l.), the cardinal bird. See under Cardinal. Virginia quail (Zo["o]l.), the bobwhite. Virginia reel, an old English contradance; -- so called in the United States. --Bartlett. Virginia stock. (Bot.) See Mahon stock.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.] Beatrice, who even now Is couched in the woodbine coverture. --Shak.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Eglantine, honeysuckle (Caprifolium periclymenum). 2. Virginia creeper.