woodbine
See also: Woodbine
English
Noun
woodbine (plural woodbines)
- Any of several climbing vines, especially the honeysuckle and the Virginia creeper
- 1599, William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, Act 3 Scene 1
- 1920, Peter B. Kyne, The Understanding Heart, Chapter II
- Bob gave the man fair warning. Told him if he ever prowled around his home again he'd better come a–fogging; the man took a chance and now he's where the woodbine twineth and the whangdoodle mourneth for its mate.
- Species of Lonicera (honeysuckle), particularly:
- Species of Parthenocissus, particularly:
- Clematis virginiana, devil's darning needle
- Gelsemium sempervirens, yellow jessamine
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