woodbine

[ wood-bahyn ]

noun

1. any of several climbing vines, especially those of genera Lonicera of the honeysuckle family and Parthenocissus of the grape family.

woodbine

/ ˈwuːdˌbaɪn /

noun

1. a honeysuckle, Lonicera periclymenum, of Europe, SW Asia, and N Africa, having fragrant creamy flowers
2. American woodbine
   a related North American plant, L. caprifolium
3. another name for Virginia creeper
4. obsolete.
   an Englishman

Word History and Origins

Origin of woodbine¹

First recorded before 900; Middle English wodebind(e), Old English wudubind, wudebinde, equivalent to wudu “wood” + bind “binding”; wood ¹, bind

Word History and Origins

Origin of woodbine¹

sense 4 from the English brand of cigarettes so named

Example Sentences

In peacetime she flew alongside an elite band of socialite aviators and liked whisky, cigars and woodbines between flights.

From BBC

Putting a sly emphasis on certain words, she makes it more than an invitation to go on an early-morning nature walk and scent the “woodbine spices” and “the musk of the roses.”

From New York Times

The woodbine and rose gather round the door, and a sparkling stream dances within sight.

From Project Gutenberg

Survey the gardens, fields, and bow’rs, The buds, the blossoms, and the flow’rs, Then tell me where the woodbine grows That vies in sweetness with the rose?

From Project Gutenberg

At each corner of the arbor, our young gardeners set out a fine large woodbine, which the gardener gave them, and at the sides several beautiful climbing roses.

From Project Gutenberg