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wood·bine

   [wood-bahyn]
noun
any of several climbing vines, as a European honeysuckle, Lonicera periclymenum, or the Virginia creeper of North America.
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Origin:
before 900; Middle English wodebinde, Old English wudubind, equivalent to wudu wood1 + bind binding; see bind
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woodbine
O.E. wudubinde, a climbing plant, from wudu "wood" (see wood (n.)) + binde "wreath," related to bind (v.). Used of various climbing plants on three continents.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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