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Definition of Hedera helix

1. Noun. Old World vine with lobed evergreen leaves and black berrylike fruits.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hedera Helix

Literary usage of Hedera helix

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

1. Handbook of Practical Botany for the Botanical Laboratory and Private Student by Eduard Strasburger (1889)
"... and which in the cortical parenchyma of Conifers often attain considerable size, can have their origin well studied in the ivy (Hedera helix). ..."

2. A Dictionary of English Plant-names by James Britten, Robert Holland (1886)
"The small-leaved form of Hedera helix, L., •which grows on hedgebanks. ... Hedera helix, L.—A translation of its old name Hedera nigra, in allusion to the ..."

3. The ivy, a monograph: Comprising the History, Uses, Characteristics, and by Shirley Hibberd (1872)
"GROUP I.—GREEN-LEAVED CLIMBING FORMS OF Hedera helix. HELIX, The common wild ivy (syn. Helix minor).—This is the commonest form of H. helix as a wild plant ..."

4. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign (1864)
"Whether there is only one species or several mixed up with the plants which now go in gardens and herbaria under the name of Hedera helix, and make up the ..."

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