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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 fruitsplay

  Familiarity information: COMMON IVY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


COMMON IVY (noun)


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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