Woodbine Definition

wo͝odbīn
noun
A European climbing honeysuckle (Lonicera periclymenum) with fragrant, yellowish-white flowers.
Webster's New World
Any of various other honeysuckles.
Webster's New World
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.
Webster's New World
A cigarette of this brand.
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pronoun

A British brand of unfiltered cigarette, now made in Ireland.

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Other Word Forms of Woodbine

Noun

Singular:
woodbine
Plural:
woodbines

Origin of Woodbine

  • Middle English wodebinde from Old English wudubinde wudu wood binde wreath (from bindan to bind bhendh- in Indo-European roots)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Woodbine Sentence Examples

  • Smilax, clematis, honeysuckle and woodbine are the commoner forest vines.

  • Some of the garden varieties of the woodbine are very beautiful, and are held in high esteem for their delicious fragrance, even the wild plant, with its pale flowers, compensating for its sickly looks " with never-cloying odours."

  • Since 1881 colonies of Hebrews have been established in the southern part of the state, among them being Alliance (1881), Rosenhayn (2882), Carmel (1883), and, most noted of all, Woodbine, which owes its origin to the liberality of Baron de Hirsch, and contains the Baron de Hirsch Agricultural and Industrial School.

  • On the 23rd of January 1825, a national constitution for the federal states, which formed the Argentine Republic, was decreed; and on the 2nd of February of the same year Sir Woodbine Parish, acting under the instructions of George Canning, signed a commercial treaty in Buenos Aires, by which the British government acknowledged the independence of the country.

  • Also known as woodbine, these vines are known for their ability to cling tenaciously to their support structures that they are able to cut off circulation in actively growing trees, essentially strangling them over time.

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Words Starting With

WWOWOO

Words Ending With

ENEINE

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Words Starting With W and Ending With E

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