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单词 woodbine
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woodbine

[ wood-bahyn ]
/ ˈwʊdˌbaɪn /

noun

any of several climbing vines, as a European honeysuckle, Lonicera periclymenum, or the Virginia creeper of North America.

Origin of woodbine

before 900; Middle English wodebinde,Old English wudubind, equivalent to wuduwood1 + bind binding; see bind

Words nearby woodbine

wood anemone, wood ant, wood avens, wood betony, woodbin, woodbine, woodblock, woodborer, Woodbridge, Woodburn, Woodbury
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British Dictionary definitions for woodbine

woodbine
/ (ˈwuːdˌbaɪn) /

noun

a honeysuckle, Lonicera periclymenum, of Europe, SW Asia, and N Africa, having fragrant creamy flowers
American woodbine a related North American plant, L. caprifolium
US another name for Virginia creeper (def. 1)
Australian obsolete, slang an Englishman

Word Origin for woodbine

sense 4 from the English brand of cigarettes so named
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