Synonyms:
ivy, common_ivy, English_ivy, Hedera_helix
Meaning: Old World vine with lobed evergreen leaves and black berrylike fruits
Usage examples
The little house covered with ivy, isn't it?"
Rocks on rocks piled, as if by magic spell, Here scorch'd by lightnings, there with ivy green.
Oh, the oak, the ash, and the bonny ivy tree, They flourish best at home in the North Countrie!
And searching among their roots he found a great flat stone, all overgrown with ivy, and acanthus, and moss.
But today it is all a crumbling heap; ivy, rooks and daws hold the place in fee, each pushing hard for sole possession.
Old Mrs. Temple used to recommend an ivy leaf--just one--dropped into the bowl. She said it kept the water pure for days and days.
Some trees are mere storm-beaten stumps about as broad as long, decorated with a few leafy sprays, reminding one of the crumbling towers of old castles scantily draped with ivy.
"Caesar had his Brutus--the cotton has its bollworm, the chorus girl has her Pittsburger, the summer boarder has his poison ivy, the hero has his Carnegie medal, art has its Morgan, the rose has its--"
"Caesar had his Brutus--the cotton has its bollworm, the chorus girl has her Pittsburger, the summer boarder has his poison ivy, the hero has his Carnegie medal, art has its Morgan, the rose has its--"
Oldham Manor, Edith's home, was a fine old house built in the "Tudor" style, of red brick with stone doorways and windows, and quaint, tall, ornamental chimneys, with the lower story entirely covered with ivy.