woodbine

American  

[wood-bahyn] / ˈwʊdˌbaɪn /

noun

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

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woodbine British  

/ ˈwuːdˌbaɪn /

noun

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

2. a related North American plant, L. caprifolium

3. another name for Virginia creeper

4. obsolete an Englishman

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Etymology

Origin of woodbine

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

Example Sentences

Quite over-canopied with luscious woodbine, With sweet musk-roses and with eglantine: .

From Time Magazine Archive

Cool and resourceful, she "smells out money like a honey bee smells out woodbine."

From Time Magazine Archive

The winter remained mild till early in January when the first green leaves had appeared on the woodbine.

From Bevis The Story of a Boy by Jefferies, Richard

The rubble under foot crumbles and slips, the roots tear up bodily from the thin soil, the branches bend, and the woodbine “gives,” and the wayfarer may readily descend much more rapidly than he desires.

From The Gamekeeper At Home Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life by Jefferies, Richard

This spiral is caused by the bine of honeysuckle or woodbine, and in some cases by wild hops.

From The Gamekeeper At Home Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life by Jefferies, Richard