ivy
See also: Ivy
English
Ivy growing near and climbing up trees.
Etymology
From Middle English ivi, from Old English īfiġ, from Proto-Germanic *ibahs (compare West Flemish iefte, Low German Eiloov, Ieloof, German Efeu), from Proto-Indo-European *(h₁)ebʰ- (compare Welsh efwr ‘black elder’, Ancient Greek ἴφυον (íphuon, “spike-lavender, Lavandula Spica”)).
Pronunciation
- enPR: īʹvē, IPA(key): /ˈaɪvi/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -aɪvi
Noun
ivy (countable and uncountable, plural ivies)
Hyponyms
- (plants in Hedera): See Hedera.
Derived terms
- ivied
- Ivybridge
- Ivy League
- Boston ivy (Parthenocissus tricuspidata)
- Cape ivy (Delairea odorata)
- coliseum ivy, Kenilworth ivy, Oxford ivy (Cymbalaria muralis)
- devil's ivy (Epipremnum aureum)
- German ivy (Delairea odorata and (Senecio mikanioides)
- grape ivy (Parthenocissus tricuspidata)
- ground ivy (Glechoma hederacea)
- ivy of Uruguay (Cissus striata)
- ivy tree (Schefflera heptaphylla)
- Japanese ivy (Parthenocissus tricuspidata)
- Natal ivy (Senecio macroglossus)
- parlour ivy (Senecio mikanioides)
- poison ivy (Toxicodendron radicans)
- purple ivy (Rhododendron catawbiense)
- red-flame ivy (Hemigraphis alternata)
- Swedish ivy (Plectranthus verticillatus)
- switch ivy (Leucothoe fontanesiana)
- wax ivy (Senecio macroglossus)
Translations
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