poison ivy

Questions about poison ivy

What does poison ivy mean?

poison ivy means "dermatitis resulting from contact with the poison ivy plant". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for poison ivy?

Close synonyms include markweed, poison mercury, poison oak, Toxicodendron radicans, Rhus radicans. 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 poison ivy a common word?

poison ivy is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.