Virginia creeper
常春藤(植物)
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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Wood·bine n. 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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Virginia creeper
n : common North American vine with compound leaves and
bluish-black berrylike fruit [syn: American ivy, woodbine,
Parthenocissus quinquefolia]