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woodbine
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Virginia \Vir*gin"i*a\, n. One of the States of the United States of America. -- a. Of or pertaining to the State of Virginia. [1913 Webster] Virginia cowslip (Bot.), the American lungwort ({Mertensia Virginica}). Virginia creeper (Bot.), a common ornamental North American woody vine (Ampelopsis quinquefolia), climbing extensively by means of tendrils; -- called also woodbine, and American ivy. [U. S.] Virginia fence. See Worm fence, under Fence. Virginia nightingale (Zool.), the cardinal bird. See under Cardinal. Virginia quail (Zool.), the bobwhite. Virginia reel, an old English contradance; -- so called in the United States. --Bartlett. Virginia stock. (Bot.) See Mahon stock. [1913 Webster] .
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Woodbine \Wood"bine`\, n. [AS. wudubind black ivy; -- so named as binding about trees. See Wood, and Bind, v. t.] (Bot.) (a) A climbing plant having flowers of great fragrance (Lonicera Periclymenum); the honeysuckle. (b) The Virginia creeper. See Virginia creeper, under Virginia. [Local, U. S.] [1913 Webster] Beatrice, who even now Is couched in the woodbine coverture. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
