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Ivy \I"vy\, n.; pl. {Ivies}. [AS. [imac]fig; akin to OHG. ebawi,
ebah, G. epheu.] (Bot.)
A plant of the genus {Hedera} ({Hedera helix}), common in
Europe. Its leaves are evergreen, dark, smooth, shining, and
mostly five-pointed; the flowers yellowish and small; the
berries black or yellow. The stem clings to walls and trees
by rootlike fibers.
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The clasping ivy where to climb. --Milton.
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Ye myrtles brown, with ivy never sere. --Milton.
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{American ivy}. (Bot.) See {Virginia creeper}.

{English ivy} (Bot.), a popular name in America for the ivy
proper ({Hedera helix}).

{German ivy} (Bot.), a creeping plant, with smooth, succulent
stems, and fleshy, light-green leaves; a species of
{Senecio} ({Senecio scandens}).

{Ground ivy}. (Bot.) Gill ({Nepeta Glechoma}).

{Ivy bush}. (Bot.) See {Mountain laurel}, under {Mountain}.


{Ivy owl} (Zool.), the barn owl.

{Ivy tod} (Bot.), the ivy plant. --Tennyson.

{Japanese ivy} (Bot.), a climbing plant ({Ampelopsis
tricuspidata}), closely related to the Virginia creeper.


{Poison ivy} (Bot.), an American woody creeper ({Rhus
Toxicodendron}), with trifoliate leaves, and
greenish-white berries. It is exceedingly poisonous to the
touch for most persons.

{To pipe in an ivy leaf}, to console one's self as best one
can. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

{West Indian ivy}, a climbing plant of the genus
{Marcgravia}.
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