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ivey

ivey is the obsolete form of ivy.

Meaning of ivy

Noun

ivy (countable and uncountable, plural ivies)

  1. Any of several woody, climbing, or trailing evergreen plants of the genus Hedera.
    • Hidden timber elements, lintels and roof tiles have also been replaced, in addition to gaining a new paint job and guttering drainage, and the removal of ivy that was damaging the exterior.2023 March 8, “Network News: Pwllheli 'box gets a makeover”, in RAIL, number 978, page 22
  2. (broadly) Any similar plant of any genus.

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Proper noun capitalized: Ivey

Ivey (plural Iveys)

  1. A surname.
  2. (diminutive) Diminutive of Ive.

Forms of ivey

pluralIveys

Questions about ivey

What does ivey mean?
Ivey means a surname.
What is ivey the obsolete form of?
Ivey is the obsolete form of ivy.
What part of speech is ivey?
Ivey is a proper noun.

Words near ivey in the dictionary

  1. ivesheadiomorphs
  2. Ivesian
  3. Iveson
  4. Ivesons
  5. Ivester
  6. ivey
  7. IVF
  8. IVFs
  9. IVG
  10. IVGs
  11. IVH

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ivey (page history and authors); Ivey (page history and authors); ivy (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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