common ivy

1. 1.

   Old World vine with lobed evergreen leaves and black berrylike fruits

   SynonymsivyEnglish ivyHedera helix

   Broadervine

   Part ofHedera

Questions about common ivy

What does common ivy mean?

common ivy means "Old World vine with lobed evergreen leaves and black berrylike fruits".

What is another word for common ivy?

Close synonyms include ivy, English ivy, Hedera helix. 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 common ivy a common word?

common 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.