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Meanings of American ivy in English

Common North American vine with compound leaves and bluish-black berrylike fruit.

Synonyms
Examples for "woodbine"
Examples for "woodbine"
1
The woodbine is good for its fall color, although weedy in growth.
Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 / Embracing the Tra...
2
We are the city equivalent to the woodbine and the honeysuckle.
Waifs and Strays / Part 1
3
The wall streamed with woodbine, very glorious in its autumnal flamings.
Paths of Glory: Impressions of War Written at and Near the Front
4
A scarlet woodbine swung lazily back and forth beyond the window.
Men, Women, and Ghosts
5
He took a sprig of woodbine that was coloured of cream and butter.
The Trespasser
1
Across the lawn a Virginia creeper draped the house with vivid tints.
Ranching for Sylvia
2
To-day it pleased her to decorate the table with Virginia creeper.
The Dangerous Age: Letters and Fragments from a Woman's Diary
3
Beside him on an unpainted trellis, Virginia creeper rattled in an October wind.
The Servant Problem
4
It was of bluish stone, and half covered with Virginia creeper.
A Modern Chronicle — Volume 07
5
He found nothing but bedraggled Virginia creeper and more dead leaves.
The Servant Problem
Usage of American ivy in English
1
He now has a good vegetable garden fenced in, a rustic porch covered with American ivy, and-wouldyou believe it?-anactual flower-bed.
Nature's Serial Story
2
Sir Alex Ferguson has transferred from the English Premier League to the American Ivy League with a new job at Harvard Business School.
The Irish Times