ivy.

An evergreen climbing or trailing plant with lobed or unlobed leaves, depending on the growth stage and species.

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Words that belong together

• ivy-covered wall
• trailing ivy
• ivy leaves

On the page

Ivy covered the wall but left the upper window clear.

A trail of ivy hung from the broken planter.

She brushed ivy leaves away from the weathered inscription.

Usage notes

Primary category: environment. Forms: Usually mass; ivies for species or individual plants. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.