Japanese ivy
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Emblematic of true affection, it clings, like Japanese ivy, tenaciously to the object it fixes upon.
From Due South or Cuba Past and Present by Ballou, Maturin Murray
The sparrows in the Japanese ivy seemed to be unusually boisterous, and their persistent metallic chatter disturbed Strelsa who presently unclosed her gray eyes upon her own reflected features in the wall-glass opposite.
From The Streets of Ascalon Episodes in the Unfinished Career of Richard Quarren, Esqre. by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)
Neither hungry dove nor bold sparrow appeared,—only a spray of Japanese ivy waving in the wind.
From A Garland for Girls by Alcott, Louisa May
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