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AMERICAN IVY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does American ivy mean?
• AMERICAN IVY (noun)
The noun AMERICAN IVY has 1 sense:
1. common North American vine with compound leaves and bluish-black berrylike fruit
Familiarity information: AMERICAN IVY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Common North American vine with compound leaves and bluish-black berrylike fruit
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
American ivy; Parthenocissus quinquefolia; Virginia creeper; woodbine
Hypernyms ("American ivy" is a kind of...):
vine (a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface)
Holonyms ("American ivy" is a member of...):
genus Parthenocissus; Parthenocissus (woody vines having disklike tips on the tendrils)
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