Definition of American ivy

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

Exact synonyms: Parthenocissus Quinquefolia, Virginia Creeper, Woodbine
Generic synonyms: Vine
Group relationships: Genus Parthenocissus, Parthenocissus

Lexicographical Neighbors of American Ivy

American gentian
American germander
American ginseng
American golden plover
American golden plovers
American gray birch
American green toad
American hackberry
American harvest mouse
American hazel
American hellebore
American holly
American hop
American hornbeam
American hornbeams
American ivy (current term)
American jay
American jays
American kestrel
American kestrels
American lady crab
American language
American larch
American laurel
American laurels
American leishmaniasis
American licorice
American lime
American liquorice
American lobster

Literary usage of American ivy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Organic materia medica: Including the Standard Remedies of the Leading by Parke, Davis & Company (1888)
"Recommended also in bronchitis and other pulmonary complaints. American ivy, compressed in pound packages for retailing purposes. PREPARATIONS. ..."

2. King's American Dispensatory by John King, Harvey Wickes Felter, John Uri Lloyd (1905)
"The bark and COMMON NAMES: American ivy, Virginian creeper, Five leaves, Woodbine, False grape, ... The American ivy is a common and familiar shrubby vine, ..."

3. Gardening (1904)
"The names Virginia creeper, false grape, and American ivy are smiled on by the above ... If allowed to ramble at will the American ivy achieves some very ..."

4. New Manual of Botany of the Central Rocky Mountains (vascular Plants) by John Merle Coulter, Aven Nelson (1909)
"Also called American ivy.—Eastern Wyoming, Colorado, and southward. 72. MALVACEAE Neck. MALLOW FAMILY Mostly herbs, with mucilaginous juice. ..."

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