ivy Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun Old World vine with lobed evergreen leaves and black berrylike fruits
    Hedera helix; English ivy; common ivy.

WordNet

I"vy noun
Etymology
AS. ifig; akin to OHG. ebawi, ebah, G. epheu.
Wordforms
plural Ivies
Definitions
  1. (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.

Webster 1913