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woodbine

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wood·bine  (wdbn)
n.
1. Any of various climbing vines, especially a Mediterranean honeysuckle (Lonicera periclymenum) having yellowish flowers.

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

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]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.woodbinewoodbine - common North American vine with compound leaves and bluish-black berrylike fruit
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
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
woodbine [ˈwʊdˌbaɪn] n (honeysuckle) → caprifoglio


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Sometimes they would work on the side porch where the clematis and woodbine shaded them from the hot sun.
When these were done, she took some needle-work from her basket, and sat herself down upon a stool beside the lattice, where the honeysuckle and woodbine entwined their tender stems, and stealing into the room filled it with their delicious breath.
I liked the great terrace best, for the view was divine, so while the rest went to see the rooms inside, I sat there trying to sketch the gray stone lion's head on the wall, with scarlet woodbine sprays hanging round it.
 
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