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COMMON IVY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does common ivy mean?
• COMMON IVY (noun)
The noun COMMON IVY has 1 sense:
1. Old World vine with lobed evergreen leaves and black berrylike fruits
Familiarity information: COMMON IVY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Old World vine with lobed evergreen leaves and black berrylike fruits
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
common ivy; English ivy; Hedera helix; ivy
Hypernyms ("common ivy" is a kind of...):
vine (a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface)
Holonyms ("common ivy" is a member of...):
genus Hedera; Hedera (Old World woody vines)
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