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Definition of American ivy
1. Noun. Common North American vine with compound leaves and bluish-black berrylike fruit.
Generic synonyms: Vine
Group relationships: Genus Parthenocissus, Parthenocissus
Lexicographical Neighbors of American Ivy
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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