hedera

British  

/ ˈhɛdərə /

noun

1. See ivy

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Etymology

Origin of hedera

Latin: ivy

Example Sentences

Ut hedera serpens vires arboreas necat; Ita me vetustas amplexu annorum enecat547.”

From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I by Dunlop, John

In all our thoughts of him he is present to our imagination as the 'young Catullus'— hedera iuvenalia vinctus Tempora.

From The Roman Poets of the Republic by Sellar, W. Y.

It is, therefore, with both truth and propriety that the modern floral lexicons give the vitis hedera, or Ivy, as expressing 'Female affection—I have found one true heart.'

From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3, No. 1 January 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various