Definition of ivy

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Ivy (n.) A plant of the genus Hedera (H. helix), common in Europe. Its leaves are evergreen, dark, smooth, shining, and mostly five-pointed; the flowers yellowish and small; the berries black or yellow. The stem clings to walls and trees by rootlike fibers..

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Patavinity :: Patavinity (n.) The use of local or provincial words, as in the peculiar style or diction of Livy, the Roman historian; -- so called from Patavium, now Padua, the place of Livy's nativity..
Cesspool :: Cesspool (n.) A cistern in the course, or the termination, of a drain, to collect sedimentary or superfluous matter; a privy vault; any receptacle of filth..
Cat''s-foot :: Cat's-foot (n.) A plant (Nepeta Glechoma) of the same genus with catnip; ground ivy.
Signet :: Signet (n.) A seal; especially, in England, the seal used by the sovereign in sealing private letters and grants that pass by bill under the sign manual; -- called also privy signet..
Chevy :: Chevy (v. t.) See Chivy, v. t..
Cockpit :: Cockpit (n.) The Privy Council room at Westminster; -- so called because built on the site of the cockpit of Whitehall palace.
Gill :: Gill (n.) Malt liquor medicated with ground ivy.
Nakedness :: Nakedness (n.) The privy parts; the genitals.
Chivying :: Chivying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Chiv.
Ivy-mantled :: Ivy-mantled (a.) Covered with ivy.
Tantivy :: Tantivy (v. i.) To go away in haste.
Tunhoof :: Tunhoof (n.) Ground ivy; alehoof.
Roundhouse :: Roundhouse (n.) A privy near the bow of the vessel.
Jakes :: Jakes (n.) A privy.
Hederiferous :: Hederiferous (a.) Producing ivy; ivy-bearing.
Necessary :: Necessary (n.) A privy; a water-closet.
Hederose :: Hederose (a.) Pertaining to, or of, ivy; full of ivy..
Alehoof :: Alehoof (n.) Ground ivy (Nepeta Glechoma).
Crampon :: Crampon (n.) An a/rial rootlet for support in climbing, as of ivy..
Kalmia :: Kalmia (n.) A genus of North American shrubs with poisonous evergreen foliage and corymbs of showy flowers. Called also mountain laurel, ivy bush, lamb kill, calico bush, etc..
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