woodbine

[ wood-bahyn ]

noun

1. any of several climbing vines, especially those of genera Lonicera of the honeysuckle family and Parthenocissus of the grape family.

woodbine

/ ˈwuːdˌbaɪn /

noun

1. a honeysuckle, Lonicera periclymenum, of Europe, SW Asia, and N Africa, having fragrant creamy flowers
2. American woodbine
   American woodbine a related North American plant, L. caprifolium
3. See Virginia creeper
   another name for Virginia creeper
4. obsolete.
   an Englishman

Word History and Origins

Origin of woodbine¹

First recorded before 900; Middle English wodebind(e), Old English wudubind, wudebinde, equivalent to wudu “wood” + bind “binding”; wood ¹, bind

Word History and Origins

Origin of woodbine¹

sense 4 from the English brand of cigarettes so named

Example Sentences

Trailing woodbine covered the fences to right and left, and along these fences grew thrifty berry bushes.

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Plainly Woodbine County was falling out of touch with the century-old traditions of her sisters to the north and west of her.

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Great crimson roses, wet with dew, and odorous woodbine peeped in as she opened it.

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A little brown house built of logs was almost entirely covered with vines, a tangle of woodbine and honeysuckle and wistaria.

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The scent of a sprig of wild woodbine holds a charm beyond all the perfumes of the chemist's shop.

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