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 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.

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 A·mer·i·can a.
 1. Of or pertaining to America; as, the American continent: American Indians.
 2. Of or pertaining to the United States. “A young officer of the American navy.”
 American ivy. See Virginia creeper.
 American Party U. S. Politics, a party, about 1854, which opposed the influence of foreign-born citizens, and those supposed to owe allegiance to a foreign power.
 Native american Party U. S. Politics, a party of principles similar to those of the American party. It arose about 1843, but soon died out.


 I·vy n.; pl. Ivies   Bot. A plant of the genus Hedera (Hedera 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 (Senecio scandens).
 Ground ivy. Bot. Gill (Nepeta Glechoma).
 Ivy bush. Bot. See Mountain laurel, under Mountain.
 Ivy owl Zool., 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.

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 American ivy
      n : common North American vine with compound leaves and
          bluish-black berrylike fruit [syn: Virginia creeper, woodbine,
           Parthenocissus quinquefolia]