woodbine (redirected from Wood bine)

wood·bine  (wdbn)

n.

1. Any of various climbing vines, especially a Mediterranean honeysuckle (Lonicera periclymenum) having yellowish flowers.

2. See Virginia creeper.

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[Middle English wodebinde, from Old English wudubinde : wudu, wood + binde, wreath (from bindan, to bind; see bhendh- in Indo-European roots).]

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woodbine [ˈwuːdˌbaɪn]

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a honeysuckle, Lonicera periclymenum, of Europe, SW Asia, and N Africa, having fragrant creamy flowers

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants)

American woodbine a related North American plant, L. caprifolium

3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) US another name for Virginia creeper [1]

4. (Social Science / Peoples) Austral obsolete slang an Englishman

[sense 4 from the English brand of cigarettes so named]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	woodbine - common North American vine with compound leaves and bluish-black berrylike fruit American ivy, Parthenocissus quinquefolia, Virginia creeper 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
	2.	woodbine - European twining honeysuckle with fragrant red and yellow-white flowers Lonicera periclymenum genus Lonicera, Lonicera - woodbine honeysuckle - shrub or vine of the genus Lonicera

Translations

woodbine [ˈwʊdbaɪn] N

1. (= honeysuckle) → madreselva f

2. (US) (= Virginia creeper) → viña f loca

woodbine

n (= honeysuckle) → Geißblatt nt; (US: = Virginia creeper) → wilder Wein, Jungfernrebe f

woodbine [ˈwʊdˌbaɪn] n (honeysuckle) → caprifoglio