Definition of Ivy family

1. Noun. Mostly tropical trees and shrubs and lianas: genera Panax and Hedera.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Ivy Family

ivory vertebra
ivorybill
ivorybills
ivorylike
ivorytype
ivorytypes
ivresse
ivresses
ivy
ivy-covered
ivy-leaf
ivy-leaved
ivy-leaved geranium
ivy arum
ivy family (current term)
ivy geranium
ivyed
ivylike
iwakiite
iwan
iwans
iwi
iwis
iwys
ixabepilone
ixc
ixia
ixias
ixiolite

Literary usage of Ivy family

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. British and Garden Botany: Consisting of Descriptions of the Flowering by Leo Hartley Grindon (1864)
"To ordinary out-of-door botany the Ivy-family is barely known, except in the evergreen climber which gives name to it, and in a tiny spring blossom of the ..."

2. The Natural History of Prince Edward Island by Francis Bain (1890)
"These were all wild European plants, and have been brought to their present perfection by long cultivation. . — The ivy family. ' 37. ..."

3. The Stereoscope: Its History, Theory, and Construction, with Its Application by David Brewster (1856)
"Piece of Ruined Castle covered with Ivy. Family Group at Cottage Door. Sportsman Firing ; Gardener and Boy. Labourers taking their Meals. ..."

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