Meaning of WOODBINE
| Pronunciation: | | 'wûdbIn
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- [n] European twining honeysuckle with fragrant red and yellow-white flowers
- [n] common North American vine with compound leaves and bluish-black berrylike fruit
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| | Synonyms: | | American ivy, Lonicera periclymenum, Parthenocissus quinquefolia, Virginia creeper |
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| | See Also: | | genus Lonicera, genus Parthenocissus, honeysuckle, Lonicera, Parthenocissus, vine | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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.
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