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ivy

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i·vy  (v)
n. pl. i·vies
1. Any of several woody, climbing or trailing evergreen plants of the genus Hedera native to the Old World, especially H. helix, having palmately lobed leaves, root-bearing young stems, and small green flowers grouped in umbels.
2. Ivy Informal A university in the Ivy League. Often used in the plural: Cornell is one of the Ivies.

[Middle English ivi, from Old English fig.]

ivy [ˈaɪvɪ]
n pl ivies
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any woody climbing or trailing araliaceous plant of the Old World genus Hedera, esp H. helix, having lobed evergreen leaves and black berry-like fruits
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any of various other climbing or creeping plants, such as Boston ivy, poison ivy, and ground ivy
[Old English īfig; related to Old High German ebah, perhaps to Greek iphuon a plant]
ivy-like  adj
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.ivyivy - Old World vine with lobed evergreen leaves and black berrylike fruits
genus Hedera, Hedera - Old World woody vines
vine - a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface
Translations
ivy
nEfeu m

ivy [ˈaɪvɪ] n (Bot) → edera
ivy [ˈaɪvɪ] n (Bot) → edera

ivy
n ivy [ˈaivi]
a type of climbing evergreen plant with small shiny leaves that grows up trees and walls. klimop لَبْلاب бръшлян břečťan efeu; vedbend der Efeu κισσός hiedra luuderohi پیچک muratti lierre קִיסוֹס एक प्रकार की लता, विद्वत्तापूर्ण मानक bršljan borostyán tanaman merambat bergflétta edera つた 서양담쟁이덩굴 gebenė efeja pokok ivy klimop eføy, bergflette bluszcz hera iederă плющ brečtan bršljan bršljen murgröna ไม้เลื้อยจำพวกหนึ่ง sarmaşık 常春藤 плющ ایک طفیلی بیل، عشق پینچاں cây thường xuân

ivy لِبْلاب břečťan efeu Efeu κισσός hiedra muratti lierre bršljan edera ツタ 담쟁이덩굴 klimop eføy bluszcz hera плющ murgröna ไม้เลื้อยชื่อต้นไอวี่ sarmaşık cây thường xuân 常春藤


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Softened and mellowed by ancient ivy stood these sentinels of sorrow, their scarred faces still revealing the rents and gashes of shrapnel and of bomb.
Methinks there's a genius Roams in the mountains, Girdled with ivy And robed in wisteria, Lips ever smiling, Of noble demeanour, Driving the yellow pard, Tiger-attended, Couched in a chariot With banners of cassia, Cloaked with the orchid, And crowned with azaleas; Culling the perfume Of sweet flowers, he leaves In the heart a dream-blossom, Memory haunting.
No rays from the holy heaven come down On the long night-time of that town; But light from out the lurid sea Streams up the turrets silently - Gleams up the pinnacles far and free - Up domes - up spires - up kingly halls - Up fanes - up Babylon-like walls - Up shadowy long-forgotten bowers Of scultured ivy and stone flowers - Up many and many a marvellous shrine Whose wreathed friezes intertwine The viol, the violet, and the vine.
 
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