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    WOODBINE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    European twining honeysuckle with fragrant red and yellow-white flowersplay

    Synonyms:

    Lonicera periclymenum; woodbine

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("woodbine" is a kind of...):

    honeysuckle (shrub or vine of the genus Lonicera)

    Holonyms ("woodbine" is a member of...):

    genus Lonicera; Lonicera (woodbine)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Common North American vine with compound leaves and bluish-black berrylike fruitplay

    Synonyms:

    American ivy; Parthenocissus quinquefolia; Virginia creeper; woodbine

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("woodbine" is a kind of...):

    vine (a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface)

    Holonyms ("woodbine" is a member of...):

    genus Parthenocissus; Parthenocissus (woody vines having disklike tips on the tendrils)

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