wudubind

wudubind
see wudubinde

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  • Lonicera Periclymenum — 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.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • woodbine — /wood buyn /, n. any of several climbing vines, as a European honeysuckle, Lonicera periclymenum, or the Virginia creeper of North America. [bef. 900; ME wodebinde, OE wudubind, equiv. to wudu WOOD1 + bind binding; see BIND] * * * Any of many… …   Universalium

  • woodbine — wood•bine [[t]ˈwʊdˌbaɪn[/t]] n. pln any of several climbing vines, as a European honeysuckle, Lonicera periclymenum, or the Virginia creeper • Etymology: bef. 900; ME wodebinde, OE wudubind < wudu wood I+bind binding; see bind …   From formal English to slang

  • woodbine — I. /ˈwʊdbaɪn/ (say woodbuyn) noun 1. the common European honeysuckle, Lonicera periclymenum. 2. any of various other honeysuckles, as L. caprifolium (American woodbine). {Middle English wodebinde, Old English wudubind, from wudu wood1 + bind… …  

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