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Definition of Ivy family
1. Noun. Mostly tropical trees and shrubs and lianas: genera Panax and Hedera.
Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Family
Member holonyms: Genus Aralia, Genus Hedera, Hedera, Genus Meryta, Meryta, Genus Panax, Panax, Genus Schefflera, Schefflera
Group relationships: Order Umbellales, Umbellales
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ivy Family
Literary usage of Ivy family
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. British and Garden Botany: Consisting of Descriptions of the Flowering by Leo Hartley Grindon (1864)
"To ordinary out-of-door botany the Ivy-family is barely known, except in the
evergreen climber which gives name to it, and in a tiny spring blossom of the ..."
2. The Natural History of Prince Edward Island by Francis Bain (1890)
"These were all wild European plants, and have been brought to their present
perfection by long cultivation. . — The ivy family. ' 37. ..."
3. The Stereoscope: Its History, Theory, and Construction, with Its Application by David Brewster (1856)
"Piece of Ruined Castle covered with Ivy. Family Group at Cottage Door. Sportsman
Firing ; Gardener and Boy. Labourers taking their Meals. ..."
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