AMERICAN IVY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does American ivy mean? 

• AMERICAN IVY (noun)
  The noun AMERICAN IVY has 1 sense:

1. common North American vine with compound leaves and bluish-black berrylike fruit

  Familiarity information: AMERICAN IVY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AMERICAN IVY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Common North American vine with compound leaves and bluish-black berrylike fruit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

American ivy; Parthenocissus quinquefolia; Virginia creeper; woodbine

Hypernyms ("American ivy" is a kind of...):

vine (a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface)

Holonyms ("American ivy" is a member of...):

genus Parthenocissus; Parthenocissus (woody vines having disklike tips on the tendrils)