American ivy

noun

1. Virginia creeper.

Word History and Origins

Origin of American ivy¹

An Americanism dating back to 1775–85

Example Sentences

The walls were already beginning to wear that garment of green which the American ivy flings over so many factory buildings.

From Project Gutenberg

He now has a good vegetable garden fenced in, a rustic porch covered with American ivy, and—would you believe it?—an actual flower-bed.

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"This is my first entrance into Eden," I said, as we passed through the rustic gate made of cedar branches and between posts green with American ivy.

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