Hypertext Webster Gateway: "ivy"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Ivy \I"vy\, n.; pl. {Ivies}. [AS. [=i]fig; akin to OHG. ebawi,
ebah, G. epheu.] (Bot.)
A plant of the genus {Hedera} ({H. helix}), common in Europe.
Its leaves are evergreen, dark, smooth, shining, and mostly
five-pointed; the flowers yellowish and small; the berries
black or yellow. The stem clings to walls and trees by
rootlike fibers.

Direct The clasping ivy where to climb. --Milton.

Ye myrtles brown, with ivy never sere. --Milton.

{American ivy}. (Bot.) See {Virginia creeper}.

{English ivy} (Bot.), a popular name in America for the ivy
proper ({Hedera helix}).

{German ivy} (Bot.), a creeping plant, with smooth, succulent
stems, and fleshy, light-green leaves; a species of
{Senecio} ({S. scandens}).

{Ground ivy}. (Bot.) Gill ({Nepeta Glechoma}).

{Ivy bush}. (Bot.) See {Mountain laurel}, under {Mountain}.


{Ivy owl} (Zo["o]l.), the barn owl.

{Ivy tod} (Bot.), the ivy plant. --Tennyson.

{Japanese ivy} (Bot.), a climbing plant ({Ampelopsis
tricuspidata}), closely related to the Virginia creeper.


{Poison ivy} (Bot.), an American woody creeper ({Rhus
Toxicodendron}), with trifoliate leaves, and
greenish-white berries. It is exceedingly poisonous to the
touch for most persons.

{To pipe in an ivy leaf}, to console one's self as best one
can. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

{West Indian ivy}, a climbing plant of the genus
{Marcgravia}.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

ivy
n : Old World vine with lobed evergreen leaves and black
berrylike fruits [syn: {common ivy}, {English ivy}, {Hedera
helix}]


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