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woodbine

woodbine noun: any of several climbing vines, especially the honeysuckle (Lonicera spp.) and the creepers of genus Parthenocissus.

Noun (1)

woodbine (plural woodbines)

  1. Any of several climbing vines, especially the honeysuckle (Lonicera spp.) and the creepers of genus Parthenocissus.
    • URSULA. The pleasant'st angling is to see the fish
      Cut with her golden oars the silver stream,
      And greedily devour the treacherous bait:
      So angle we for Beatrice; who even now
      Is couched in the woodbine coverture.1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
    • Bob gave the man fair warning. Told him if he ever prowled around his home again he'd better come a–fogging; the man took a chance and now he's where the woodbine twineth and the whangdoodle mourneth for its mate.1920, Peter B. Kyne, chapter II, in The Understanding Heart
    1. European honeysuckle or common honeysuckle (Lonicera periclymenum).
    2. European fly honeysuckle, dwarf honeysuckle, or fly woodbine (Lonicera xylosteum).
    3. Virginia creeper Parthenocissus quinquefolia.
    4. Japanese creeper or Boston ivy (Parthenocissus tricuspidata).
    5. Thicket creeper, false Virginia creeper, of grape woodbine (Parthenocissus inserta, syn. Parthenocissus vitacea).
    6. Devil's darning needle (Clematis virginiana).
    7. Yellow jessamine (Gelsemium sempervirens).

Proper noun capitalized: Woodbine

Woodbine

  1. A British brand of unfiltered cigarette, now made in Ireland.
  2. A suburb of Sydney in the Campbelltown council area, New South Wales, Australia.
  3. A small city, the county seat of Camden County, Georgia, United States.

Noun (2) capitalized: Woodbine

Woodbine (plural Woodbines)

  1. A cigarette of this brand.
    • Dot handed me a small white tablet of Beechnut chewing gum as we sat on the top deck of the bus on our way home from work one Friday evening. She had also offered me one of her Woodbines.2011, Evelyn Doyle, Nothing Green

Noun (3) capitalized: Woodbine

Woodbine (plural Woodbines)

  1. (Australia, World-War-I, slang) A British soldier.

Forms of woodbine

pluralwoodbines
pluralWoodbines

Plural of woodbine: woodbines

Origin of woodbine

From Middle English wodebynd, wodebynde, from Old English wudubind, wudubinde (“woodbine”), equivalent to wood + bine.

(British soldier): From the British troops being issued with Woodbine cigarettes.

Words formed from woodbine

Questions about woodbine

What does woodbine mean?
Woodbine means any of several climbing vines, especially the honeysuckle (Lonicera spp.) and the creepers of genus Parthenocissus.
What part of speech is woodbine?
Woodbine can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of woodbine?
The plural of woodbine is woodbines.

Words near woodbine in the dictionary

  1. Woodberry
  2. Woodberrys
  3. woodbin
  4. woodbind
  5. woodbinds
  6. woodbine
  7. woodbined
  8. woodbines
  9. Woodbinian
  10. woodbins
  11. woodbird

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