woodbine

[ wood-bahyn ]

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

Origin of woodbine

1
First recorded before 900; Middle English wodebind(e), Old English wudubind, wudebinde, equivalent to wudu “wood” + bind “binding”; see origin at wood1, bind

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British Dictionary definitions for woodbine

woodbine

/ (ˈwuːdˌbaɪn) /


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

  2. American woodbine a related North American plant, L. caprifolium

  1. US another name for Virginia creeper (def. 1)

  2. Australian obsolete, slang an Englishman

Origin of woodbine

1
sense 4 from the English brand of cigarettes so named

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