Found 3 hits - Term: ivy bush, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
ivy \i"vy\, n.; pl. ivies. as. imacfig; akin to ohg. ebawi,
ebah, g. epheu. bot.
a plant of the genus hedera hedera 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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the clasping ivy where to climb. --milton.
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ye myrtles brown, with ivy never sere. --milton.
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american ivy. bot. see virginia creeper.
english ivy bot., a popular name in america for the ivy
proper hedera helix.
german ivy bot., a creeping plant, with smooth, succulent
stems, and fleshy, light-green leaves; a species of
senecio senecio scandens.
ground ivy. bot. gill nepeta glechoma.
ivy bush. bot. see mountain laurel, under mountain.
ivy owl zool., the barn owl.
ivy tod bot., the ivy plant. --tennyson.
japanese ivy bot., a climbing plant ampelopsis
tricuspidata, closely related to the virginia creeper.
poison ivy bot., an american woody creeper rhus
toxicodendron, with trifoliate leaves, and
greenish-white berries. it is exceedingly poisonous to the
touch for most persons.
to pipe in an ivy leaf, to console one's self as best one
can. obs. --chaucer.
west indian ivy, a climbing plant of the genus
marcgravia.
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see also:
ivies hedera hedera helix american ivy virginia creeper english ivy
german ivy senecio senecio scandens ground ivy nepeta glechoma
ivy bush mountain laurel mountain ivy owl ivy tod
japanese ivy ampelopsis tricuspidata poison ivy rhus toxicodendron to pipe in an ivy leaf
west indian ivy marcgravia
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
kalmia \kal"mia\, n. nl. named in honor of peter kalm, a
swedish botanist. bot.
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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see also:
mountain laurel ivy bush lamb kill calico bush
- [3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
mountain \moun"tain\ moun"ti^n, a.
1. of or pertaining to a mountain or mountains; growing or
living on a mountain; found on or peculiar to mountains;
among mountains; as, a mountain torrent; mountain pines;
mountain goats; mountain air; mountain howitzer.
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2. like a mountain; mountainous; vast; very great.
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the high, the mountain majesty of worth. --byron.
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mountain antelope zool., the goral.
mountain ash bot., an ornamental tree, the pyrus
americana or sorbus americana, producing beautiful
bunches of red berries. its leaves are pinnate, and its
flowers white, growing in fragrant clusters. the european
species is the pyrus aucuparia, or rowan tree.
mountain barometer, a portable barometer, adapted for safe
transportation, used in measuring the heights of
mountains.
mountain beaver zool., the sewellel.
mountain blue min., blue carbonate of copper; azurite.
mountain cat zool., the catamount. see catamount.
mountain chain, a series of contiguous mountain ranges,
generally in parallel or consecutive lines or curves.
mountain cock zool., capercailzie. see capercailzie.
mountain cork min., a variety of asbestus, resembling
cork in its texture.
mountain crystal. see under crystal.
mountain damson bot., a large tree of the genus
simaruba simaruba amarga growing in the west indies,
which affords a bitter tonic and astringent, sometimes
used in medicine.
mountain dew, scotch whisky, so called because often
illicitly distilled among the mountains. humorous
mountain ebony bot., a small leguminous tree bauhinia
variegata of the east and west indies; -- so called
because of its dark wood. the bark is used medicinally and
in tanning.
mountain flax min., a variety of asbestus, having very
fine fibers; amianthus. see amianthus.
mountain fringe bot., climbing fumitory. see under
fumitory.
mountain goat. zool. see mazama.
mountain green. min.
a green malachite, or carbonate of copper.
b see green earth, under green, a.
mountain holly bot., a branching shrub nemopanthes
canadensis, having smooth oblong leaves and red berries.
it is found in the northern united states.
mountain laurel bot., an american shrub kalmia
latifolia with glossy evergreen leaves and showy
clusters of rose-colored or white flowers. the foliage is
poisonous. called also american laurel, ivy bush, and
calico bush. see kalmia.
mountain leather min., a variety of asbestus, resembling
leather in its texture.
mountain licorice bot., a plant of the genus trifolium
trifolium alpinum.
mountain limestone geol., a series of marine limestone
strata below the coal measures, and above the old red
standstone of great britain. see chart of geology.
mountain linnet zool., the twite.
mountain magpie. zool.
a the yaffle, or green woodpecker.
b the european gray shrike.
mountain mahogany bot. see under mahogany.
mountain meal min., a light powdery variety of calcite,
occurring as an efflorescence.
mountain milk min., a soft spongy variety of carbonate of
lime.
mountain mint. bot. see mint.
mountain ousel zool., the ring ousel; -- called also
mountain thrush and mountain colley. see ousel.
mountain pride, or mountain green bot., a tree of
jamaica spathelia simplex, which has an unbranched
palmlike stem, and a terminal cluster of large, pinnate
leaves.
mountain quail zool., the plumed partridge oreortyx
pictus of california. it has two long, slender,
plumelike feathers on the head. the throat and sides are
chestnut; the belly is brown with transverse bars of black
and white; the neck and breast are dark gray.
mountain range, a series of mountains closely related in
position and direction.
mountain rice. bot.
a an upland variety of rice, grown without irrigation,
in some parts of asia, europe, and the united states.
b an american genus of grasses oryzopsis.
mountain rose bot., a species of rose with solitary
flowers, growing in the mountains of europe rosa
alpina.
mountain soap min., a soft earthy mineral, of a brownish
color, used in crayon painting; saxonite.
mountain sorrel bot., a low perennial plant oxyria
digyna with rounded kidney-form leaves, and small
greenish flowers, found in the white mountains of new
hampshire, and in high northern latitudes. --gray.
mountain sparrow zool., the european tree sparrow.
mountain spinach. bot. see orach.
mountain tobacco bot., a composite plant arnica
montana of europe; called also leopard's bane.
mountain witch zool., a ground pigeon of jamaica, of the
genus geotrygon.
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see also:
mountain antelope mountain ash pyrus americana sorbus americana pyrus aucuparia mountain barometer
mountain beaver mountain blue mountain cat catamount mountain chain
mountain cock capercailzie mountain cork mountain crystal crystal
mountain damson simaruba simaruba amarga mountain dew mountain ebony
bauhinia variegata mountain flax amianthus mountain fringe fumitory
mountain goat mazama mountain green green earth green
mountain holly nemopanthes canadensis mountain laurel kalmia latifolia american laurel
ivy bush calico bush kalmia mountain leather mountain licorice
trifolium trifolium alpinum mountain limestone geology mountain linnet
mountain magpie mountain mahogany mahogany mountain meal mountain milk
mountain mint mint mountain ousel mountain thrush mountain colley
ousel mountain pride spathelia simplex mountain quail oreortyx pictus
mountain range mountain rice oryzopsis mountain rose rosa alpina
mountain soap mountain sorrel oxyria digyna mountain sparrow mountain spinach
orach mountain tobacco arnica montana leopard's bane mountain witch
geotrygon
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