woodbine

[ woo d-bahyn ]

/ ˈwʊdˌbaɪn /

noun

any of several climbing vines, as a European honeysuckle, Lonicera periclymenum, or the Virginia creeper of North America.

Nearby words

wood, woods, wood-and-water joey, wood-swallow, wood-wool, woodbin, woodbine, woodblock, woodborer, woodbridge, woodburn, woodbury

Origin of woodbine

before 900; Middle English wodebinde, Old English wudubind, equivalent to wudu wood¹ + bind binding; see bind

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Examples from the Web for woodbine

I need hardly say they had no idea the house on the hill was "Woodbine Villa."
Put Yourself in His Place|Charles Reade
The broad, unscreened windows were wide open and vines of woodbine or honeysuckle framed them on every side.
Ladies-In-Waiting|Kate Douglas Wiggin
But what you might learn for me is, whether any body lately has had any opportunity to stop letters addressed to 'Woodbine Villa.'
Put Yourself in His Place|Charles Reade
The eve of May thirtieth was spent in camp a few miles from Woodbine.
On a Donkey's Hurricane Deck|R. Pitcher Woodward

The Woodbine farm products, its flowers and chickens, took the prizes at the county fair.
Children of the Tenements|Jacob A. Riis

British Dictionary definitions for woodbine

woodbine

/ (ˈwuːdˌbaɪn) /

noun

a honeysuckle, Lonicera periclymenum, of Europe, SW Asia, and N Africa, having fragrant creamy flowers

American woodbine a related North American plant, L. caprifolium

US another name for Virginia creeper (def. 1)

Australian obsolete, slang an Englishman

Word Origin for woodbine

sense 4 from the English brand of cigarettes so named

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