woodbine
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wood·bine
(wo͝od′bīn′)n.
1. Any of various climbing vines, especially a European 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).]
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woodbine
(ˈwuːdˌbaɪn)n
1. (Plants) a honeysuckle, Lonicera periclymenum, of Europe, SW Asia, and N Africa, having fragrant creamy flowers
2. (Plants) American woodbine a related North American plant, L. caprifolium
3. (Plants) US another name for Virginia creeper1
4. (Peoples) obsolete slang Austral an Englishman
[sense 4 from the English brand of cigarettes so named]
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wood•bine
(ˈwʊdˌbaɪn)n.
any of several climbing vines, as a European honeysuckle, Lonicera periclymenum, or the Virginia creeper.
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Noun | 1. | ![]() 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 genus Lonicera, Lonicera - woodbine honeysuckle - shrub or vine of the genus Lonicera |
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