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woodbine

[woo d-bahyn]
noun
  1. any of several climbing vines, as a European honeysuckle, Lonicera periclymenum, or the Virginia creeper of North America.
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Origin of woodbine

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

  • I need hardly say they had no idea the house on the hill was "Woodbine Villa."

    Put Yourself in His Place

    Charles Reade

  • Yet my letters must have all reached Woodbine Villa, or why are they not sent back?

  • He peremptorily refused to let him be moved from Woodbine Villa.

  • Woodbine Villa was put up to let furnished, and it was taken by—Mr. Coventry.

  • "Those men fire with remarkable precision," said Captain Woodbine.

British Dictionary definitions for woodbine

woodbine

noun
  1. a honeysuckle, Lonicera periclymenum, of Europe, SW Asia, and N Africa, having fragrant creamy flowers
  2. American woodbine a related North American plant, L. caprifolium
  3. US another name for Virginia creeper (def. 1)
  4. Australian obsolete, slang an Englishman
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Word Origin

sense 4 from the English brand of cigarettes so named
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Word Origin and History for woodbine

n.

Old English wudubinde, a climbing plant, from wudu "wood" (see wood (n.)) + binde "wreath," related to bind (v.). Used of various climbing plants on three continents.

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