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

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woodbine

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Time Magazine Archive

Scarlet beans and honeysuckles were climbing up from below to meet their pretty neighbors, and the woodbine was hanging its green festoons wherever it could cling.

From Eight Cousins Or, The Aunt-Hill by Alcott, Louisa May

As clings the woodbine to the new-felled tree, I cling to him, though not a hope remains.

From Joan of Arc A Play in Five Acts by Sargant, Jane Alice

Nan lay in the hammock, gazing up through the woodbine of the before-mentioned side veranda.

From St. Nicholas v. 13 No. 9 July 1886 an Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks by Various