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VIRGINIA CREEPER

Dictionary entry overview: What does Virginia creeper mean?

• VIRGINIA CREEPER (noun)
The noun VIRGINIA CREEPER has 1 sense:

1. common North American vine with compound leaves and bluish-black berrylike fruit

Familiarity information: VIRGINIA CREEPER used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• VIRGINIA CREEPER (noun)

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Meaning:

Common North American vine with compound leaves and bluish-black berrylike fruit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

American ivy; Parthenocissus quinquefolia; Virginia creeper; woodbine

Hypernyms ("Virginia creeper" is a kind of...):

vine (a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface)

Holonyms ("Virginia creeper" is a member of...):

genus Parthenocissus; Parthenocissus (woody vines having disklike tips on the tendrils)

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