Hypertext Webster Gateway: "woodbine"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
woodbine
n 1: common North American vine with compound leaves and
bluish-black berrylike fruit [syn: {Virginia creeper}, {American
ivy}, {Parthenocissus quinquefolia}]
2: European twining honeysuckle with fragrant red and
yellow-white flowers [syn: {Lonicera periclymenum}]
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