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Webster 1913 Edition
Ivy
I′vy
,Noun.
pl.
Ivies
(#)
. [AS.
īfig
; akin to OHG. ebawi
, ebah
, G. epheu
.] (Bot.)
A plant of the genus
Hedera
(Hedera helix
), common in Europe. Its leaves are evergreen, dark, smooth, shining, and mostly five-pointed; the flowers yellowish and small; the berries black or yellow. The stem clings to walls and trees by rootlike fibers. Direct
The clasping
The clasping
ivy
where to climb. Milton.
Ye myrtles brown, with
ivy
never sere. Milton.
American ivy
. (Bot.)
See
– Virginia creeper
. English ivy
(Bot.)
, a popular name in America for the ivy proper (
– Hedera helix
). German ivy
(Bot.)
, a creeping plant, with smooth, succulent stems, and fleshy, light-green leaves; a species of
– Senecio
(Senecio scandens
). Ground ivy
. (Bot.)
Gill (
– Nepeta Glechoma
). Ivy bush
. (Bot.)
See
– Mountain laurel
, under Mountain
. Ivy owl
(Zool.)
, the barn owl.
– Ivy tod
(Bot.)
, the ivy plant.
Tennyson.
– Japanese ivy
(Bot.)
, a climbing plant (
– Ampelopsis tricuspidata
), closely related to the Virginia creeper. Poison ivy
(Bot.)
, an American woody creeper (
– Rhus Toxicodendron
), with trifoliate leaves, and greenish-white berries. It is exceedingly poisonous to the touch for most persons. To pipe in an ivy leaf
, to console one’s self as best one can.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
– West Indian ivy
, a climbing plant of the genus
Marcgravia
.Webster 1828 Edition
Ivy
I'VY
,Noun.