| woodbine | <botany> A climbing plant having flowers of great fragrance (Lonicera Periclymenum); the honeysuckle. The Virginia creeper. See Virginia creeper, under Virginia. "Beatrice, who even now Is couched in the woodbine coverture." (Shak) Origin: AS. Wudubind black ivy; so named as binding about trees. See Wood, and Bind. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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