English ivy
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of English ivy
An Americanism dating back to 1810–20
Example Sentences
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Five easy-to-grow plants recommended by RHS include the Madagascar dragon tree, English ivy, rubber plant, Boston fern and Sansevieria trifasciata.
From BBC • Mar. 1, 2026
Horticultural invasives, such as butterfly bush, English ivy, pampas grass and many other garden favorites that have escaped cultivation, are of increasing concern.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 6, 2024
The cemetery stopped planting English ivy and wintercreeper, two common invasive species, and began replacing it with native ground covers.
From Science Daily • Dec. 1, 2023
Here grow maple, oak, hickory, cottonwood, sycamore, river birch, hackberry, fronds bowed under climbing English ivy, with winter creeper spreading underfoot.
From New York Times • Nov. 9, 2023
Everything looks comfortable and homelike, and they have English ivy inside the dining-room trained up the walls and partly covering the ceiling, which produces a wonderfully pleasant effect.
From Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume 1 From San Francisco to Teheran by Stevens, Thomas
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