Virginia creeper

A North American climbing vine (Parthenocissus quinquefolia) having palmately compound leaves with five leaflets and bluish-black berries. Also called woodbine.

Virginia creeper

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) Also called (US) American ivy woodbine a vitaceous woody vine, Parthenocissus quinquefolia, of North America, having tendrils with adhesive tips, bluish-black berry-like fruits, and compound leaves that turn red in autumn: widely planted for ornament

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) Also called Japanese ivy a similar related plant, Parthenocissus tricuspidata, of SE Asia, having trilobed leaves and purple berries US name Boston ivy

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Noun

Virginia creeper - common North American vine with compound leaves and bluish-black berrylike fruit

American ivy, Parthenocissus quinquefolia, woodbine

vine - a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface

genus Parthenocissus, Parthenocissus - woody vines having disklike tips on the tendrils

Translations

Virginia creeper

n → wilder Wein, Jungfernrebe f

Virginia creeper [vəˌdʒɪnjəˈkriːpəʳ] n → vite f del Canada

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American ivy Boston ivy creeper five-finger Five-leafed genus Parthenocissus Japanese ivy Parthenocissus Parthenocissus quinquefolia riot vitaceous woodbine	The front door walk is bordered with quahog clam-shells -- `cow-hawks,' Janet calls them; there is Virginia Creeper over the porch and moss on the roof. Anne of The Island by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context Then she swayed, lost her balance, stumbled, staggered, and fell, sliding down over the sun-baked roof and crashing off it through the tangle of Virginia creeper beneath-- all before the dismayed circle below could give a simultaneous, terrified shriek. Anne Of Green Gables by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context The low sun is fiery and yet cold behind the monastery ruin, and the Virginia creeper on the Cathedral wall has showered half its deep-red leaves down on the pavement. The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Dickens, Charles View in context	Virgilian Virgin Virgin Birth virgin forest Virgin Islands Virgin Islands National Park Virgin Islands of the United States Virgin Isles Virgin Mary Virgin Queen Virgin River virgin soil virgin wool virgin's bower virgin's-bower virginal Virginal generation virginal membrane Virginhood Virginia Virginia Algonquian Virginia Beach Virginia bluebell Virginia chain fern Virginia cowslip Virginia creeper Virginia crownbeard Virginia deer Virginia fence Virginia ham Virginia Katherine McMath Virginia mallow Virginia McMath Virginia nightingale Virginia oyster Virginia pine Virginia quail Virginia rail Virginia reel Virginia serpentaria Virginia serpentary Virginia silk Virginia snakeroot Virginia spring beauty Virginia stock Virginia strawberry Virginia thimbleweed Virginia tobacco Virginia Wade Virginia waterleaf Virginia Woolf	Virginia Conventions Virginia Coop Credit Union Virginia Cooperative Extension Virginia Cooperative Extension Service Virginia Coordinated Care Virginia Correctional Center for Women Virginia Correctional Counseling Association Virginia Council for Learning Disabilities Virginia Council for Private Education Virginia Council for the Deaf Virginia Council of Churches Virginia Council of Farmer Cooperatives Virginia Council of Nurse Practitioners Virginia Council of Teachers of Mathematics Virginia Council of Trout Unlimited Virginia Council on Economic Education Virginia Counselors Association Virginia Country Music Association Virginia Court Reporters Association Virginia cowslip Virginia cowslip Virginia cowslip Virginia cowslips Virginia cowslips Virginia cowslips Virginia Credit Union Virginia Credit Union League Virginia Creditors Bar Association Virginia creeper Virginia creepers Virginia creepers Virginia Crime Information Network Virginia Crime Prevention Association Virginia Crime Stoppers Association, Inc Virginia Crop Improvement Association Virginia Cross Connection Control Association Virginia crownbeard Virginia Declaration of Rights Virginia Declaration of Rights Virginia deer Virginia deer Virginia deer Virginia Deer Hunters Association Virginia Defense Force Virginia Dental Association Virginia Dental Health Foundation Virginia Dental Hygienists' Association Virginia Department for the Aging Virginia Department for the Blind and Vision Impaired Virginia Department for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Virginia Department of Agricultural and Consumer Services Virginia Department of Agriculture Virginia Department of Aviation Virginia Department of Business Assistance Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation Virginia Department of Corrections Virginia Department of Education

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American ivy
Boston ivy
creeper
five-finger
Five-leafed
genus Parthenocissus
Japanese ivy
Parthenocissus
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
riot
vitaceous
woodbine

The front door walk is bordered with quahog clam-shells -- `cow-hawks,' Janet calls them; there is Virginia Creeper over the porch and moss on the roof.

Anne of The Island by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context

Then she swayed, lost her balance, stumbled, staggered, and fell, sliding down over the sun-baked roof and crashing off it through the tangle of Virginia creeper beneath-- all before the dismayed circle below could give a simultaneous, terrified shriek.

Anne Of Green Gables by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context

The low sun is fiery and yet cold behind the monastery ruin, and the Virginia creeper on the Cathedral wall has showered half its deep-red leaves down on the pavement.

The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Dickens, Charles View in context

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