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woodbine definition

wood·bine (-bīn′)

noun

    1. a European climbing honeysuckle (Lonicera periclymenum) with fragrant, yellowish-white flowers
    2. any of various other honeysuckles
  2. ☆ a tendril-climbing vine (Parthenocissus quinquefolia) of the grape family, growing in E North America and having palmately compound leaves with five leaflets and green flower clusters that produce dark-blue, inedible berries

Etymology: ME wodebinde < OE wudubinde < wudu, wood + binde < bindan, to bind

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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