american ivy

1. 1.

   common North American vine with compound leaves and bluish-black berrylike fruit

   SynonymsVirginia creeperwoodbineParthenocissus quinquefolia

   Broadervine

   Part ofParthenocissus

Questions about american ivy

What does american ivy mean?

american ivy means "common North American vine with compound leaves and bluish-black berrylike fruit".

What is another word for american ivy?

Close synonyms include Virginia creeper, woodbine, Parthenocissus quinquefolia. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is american ivy a common word?

american ivy is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.