Definitions for: Ivy


[n] Old World vine with lobed evergreen leaves and black berrylike fruits



Webster (1913) Definition: I"vy, n.; pl. Ivies. [AS. [=i]fig; akin to OHG. ebawi,
ebah, G. epheu.] (Bot.)
A plant of the genus Hedera (H. 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 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 (S. scandens).

Ground ivy. (Bot.) Gill (Nepeta Glechoma).

Ivy bush. (Bot.) See Mountain laurel, under Mountain.


Ivy owl (Zo["o]l.), 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.

Synonyms: common ivy, English ivy, Hedera helix

See Also: genus Hedera, Hedera, vine

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