ivy
noun
a climbing vine, Hedera helix, having smooth, shiny, evergreen leaves, small, yellowish flowers, and black berries, grown as an ornamental.
ivy-like
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a word derived from
ivy.
Example Sentences
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His ivy-like nature wanted a strong buttress upon which to lean; and Eleonore of Provence was neither stronger nor more stable than himself.
From Earl Hubert's Daughter The Polishing of the Pearl - A Tale of the 13th Century by Emily Sarah Holt
Seeing its rather delicate ivy-like habit above ground, one would never dream that it came from a root as large as a man's body, buried deep in the earth.
From The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Mary Elizabeth Parsons
It burn'd up all that dwelt therein, A dire destruction bringing, But from the ruins, ivy-like, My loved one's name was springing.
From The Trumpeter of Säkkingen A Song from the Upper Rhine. by Joseph Victor von Scheffel
Sigh for the heart that powerless all to save, Sees its sweet treasure gulph'd in sorrow's streams; And joys that ivy-like around it clave, Nipp'd of their blossoms, shorn of their warm beams!
From Eidolon, or The Course of a Soul And Other Poems by Walter Richard Cassels
This happened again in September; and fear took hold of her, for Betty had, ivy-like, twined herself very closely round Victoria's heart of oak.
From A Bed of Roses by Walter Lionel George
