American ivy
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of American ivy
An Americanism dating back to 1775–85
Example Sentences
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The walls were already beginning to wear that garment of green which the American ivy flings over so many factory buildings.
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He now has a good vegetable garden fenced in, a rustic porch covered with American ivy, and—would you believe it?—an actual flower-bed.
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"This is my first entrance into Eden," I said, as we passed through the rustic gate made of cedar branches and between posts green with American ivy.
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