WOODBINE

woodbine, Lonicera periclymenum

(noun) European twining honeysuckle with fragrant red and yellow-white flowers

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Noun

woodbine (plural woodbines)

Any of several climbing vines, especially the honeysuckle and the Virginia creeper

Species of Lonicera (honeysuckle), particularly

Lonicera periclymenum, European honeysuckle, common honeysuckle

Lonicera xylosteum, European fly honeysuckle, dwarf honeysuckle, fly woodbine

Species of Parthenocissus, particularly

Parthenocissus quinquefolia, Virginia creeper

Parthenocissus tricuspidata, Japanese creeper, Boston ivy

Parthenocissus vitacea, now Parthenocissus inserta, thicket creeper, false Virginia creeper, grape woodbine

Clematis virginiana, devil's darning needle

Gelsemium sempervirens, yellow jessamine

Anagrams

• Bowenoid, bowenoid

Etymology

Proper noun

Woodbine

A British brand of unfiltered cigarette, now made in Ireland

A small city, the county seat of Camden County, Georgia, United States.

Noun

Woodbine (plural Woodbines)

A cigarette of this brand.

Noun

Woodbine (plural Woodbines)

(AU, slang, World War 1) A British soldier.

Anagrams

• Bowenoid, bowenoid

Source: Wiktionary

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Wood"bine`, n. Etym: [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.] Beatrice, who even now Is couched in the woodbine coverture. Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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