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wood⋅bine

  [wood-bahyn]
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–noun
any of several climbing vines, as a European honeysuckle, Lonicera periclymenum, or the Virginia creeper of North America.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME wodebinde, OE wudubind, equiv. to wudu wood 1 + bind binding; see bind
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Virginia creeper  
n.  A North American climbing vine (Parthenocissus quinquefolia) having palmately compound leaves with five leaflets and bluish-black berries. Also called woodbine.
wood·bine   (wŏŏd'bīn')   
n.  

  1. Any of various climbing vines, especially a Mediterranean honeysuckle (Lonicera periclymenum) having yellowish flowers.

  2. See Virginia creeper.


[Middle English wodebinde, from Old English wudubinde : wudu, wood + binde, wreath (from bindan, to bind; see bhendh- in Indo-European roots).]
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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, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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