woodbine

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of several climbing vines, especially the honeysuckle and the Virginia creeper.
  2. Species of Lonicera (honeysuckle)
  3. Lonicera periclymenum, European honeysuckle, common honeysuckle.
  4. Lonicera xylosteum, European fly honeysuckle, dwarf honeysuckle, fly woodbine.
  5. Species of Parthenocissus
  6. Parthenocissus quinquefolia, Virginia creeper.
  7. Parthenocissus tricuspidata, Japanese creeper, Boston ivy.
  8. Parthenocissus vitacea, now Parthenocissus inserta, thicket creeper, false Virginia creeper, grape woodbine.
  9. Clematis virginiana, devil's darning needle.
  10. Gelsemium sempervirens, yellow jessamine.
name
  1. A British brand of unfiltered cigarette, now made in Ireland.
  2. A suburb of Sydney in the Campbelltown council area, New South Wales, Australia.
  3. A small city, the county seat of Camden County, Georgia, United States.
noun
  1. A cigarette of this brand.
noun
  1. A British soldier.

Pronunciation

en-au-Woodbine.ogg

Word forms

woodbine woodbines

Etymology

From Middle English wodebynd, wodebynde, from Old English wudubind, wudubinde (“woodbine”), equivalent to wood + bine.

Derived words

American woodbine Carolina wild woodbine Dutch woodbine Italian woodbine small woodbine wild woodbine
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