noun
common North American vine with compound leaves and bluish-black berrylike fruit
• Syn: ↑Virginia creeper, ↑woodbine, ↑Parthenocissus quinquefolia
• Hypernyms: ↑vine
• Member Holonyms: ↑Parthenocissus, ↑genus Parthenocissus
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nounUsage: usually capitalized A
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American ivy,
= Virginia creeper. (Cf. ↑Virginia creeper)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.