| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| woodbine |
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| SYLLABICATION: | wood·bine |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  w d b n |
| NOUN: | 1. Any of various climbing vines, especially a Mediterranean honeysuckle (Lonicera periclymenum) having yellowish flowers. 2. See Virginia creeper. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English wodebinde, from Old English wudubinde : wudu, wood + binde, wreath (from bindan, to bind; see bhendh- in Appendix I).
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