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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.
2. See Virginia creeper.
[Middle English wodebinde, from Old English wudubinde : wudu, wood + binde, wreath (from bindan, to bind; see bhendh- in Indo-European roots).]
woodbine
Noun
a wild honeysuckle with sweet-smelling yellow flowers
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Noun1.woodbinewoodbine - 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
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Sometimes they would work on the side porch where the clematis and woodbine shaded them from the hot sun.
Rebecca Of Sunnybrook Farm by Wiggin, Kate Douglas View in context
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.
The Old Curiosity Shop by Dickens, Charles View in context
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.
Little Women by Alcott, Louisa May View in context
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