ivy
noun
a climbing vine, Hedera helix, having smooth, shiny, evergreen leaves, small, yellowish flowers, and black berries, grown as an ornamental.
ivies
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pluralof ivy.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Costa Farms, a major wholesale grower of houseplants, has a broad range of ivies designed for use indoors, though many are hardy in the Mid-Atlantic and would work as outdoor container plantings.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 28, 2017
In the 1970s, there was Watergate and war and turmoil in the Middle East, and housewives hung ivies, pothos and devil’s backbone from their macramé plant hangers.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 6, 2017
Consider planting akebias, climbing roses and noninvasive ivies to hide the fence and create a living wall.
From New York Times ● Jun. 19, 2013
When they did go back to Shanganagh, the old place lost its sweet peace, the ivies fell, the servants left.
From Time Magazine Archive
Here are cool mosses deep, And through the moss the ivies creep, And in the stream the long-leaved flowers weep, And from the craggy ledge the poppy hangs in sleep.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 23, February, 1873 by Various
