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american ivy

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Virginia creeper

–noun
a climbing plant, Parthenocissus quinquefolia, of the grape family, native to North America, having palmate leaves, usually with five leaflets, and bluish-black berries.
Also called American ivy, ivy vine.


Origin:
1660–70, Americanism
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american ivy

noun
common North American vine with compound leaves and bluish-black berrylike fruit [syn: Virginia creeper
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