woodbine
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.61 in modern English
Meaning
noun
Any of several climbing vines, especially the honeysuckle (Lonicera spp.) and the creepers of genus Parthenocissus.
noun
Any of several climbing vines, especially the honeysuckle (Lonicera spp.) and the creepers of genus Parthenocissus.
noun
Any of several climbing vines, especially the honeysuckle (Lonicera spp.) and the creepers of genus Parthenocissus.
noun
Any of several climbing vines, especially the honeysuckle (Lonicera spp.) and the creepers of genus Parthenocissus.
noun
Any of several climbing vines, especially the honeysuckle (Lonicera spp.) and the creepers of genus Parthenocissus.
noun
Any of several climbing vines, especially the honeysuckle (Lonicera spp.) and the creepers of genus Parthenocissus.
noun
Any of several climbing vines, especially the honeysuckle (Lonicera spp.) and the creepers of genus Parthenocissus.
noun
Any of several climbing vines, especially the honeysuckle (Lonicera spp.) and the creepers of genus Parthenocissus.
Example Sentences
- "URSULA. The pleasant'st angling is to see the fish Cut with her golden oars the silver stream, And greedily devour the treacherous bait: So angle we for Beatrice; who even now Is couched in the woodbine coverture."
- "Bob gave the man fair warning. Told him if he ever prowled around his home again he'd better come a–fogging; the man took a chance and now he's where the woodbine twineth and the whangdoodle mourneth for its mate."
- "Dot handed me a small white tablet of Beechnut chewing gum as we sat on the top deck of the bus on our way home from work one Friday evening. She had also offered me one of her Woodbines."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: wodebynd, wudubind