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ivy

/ˈaɪvi/ noun C2
  1. Any of several woody, climbing, or trailing evergreen plants of the genus Hedera. (countable, uncountable)
  2. Any similar plant of any genus. (countable, uncountable)

Plural ivies

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The count soon mastered the mechanism, the gate opened, and he then found himself in a little garden, about twenty feet long by twelve wide, bounded on one side by part of the hedge, which contained the ingenious contrivance we have called a gate, and on the other by the old tower, covered with ivy and studded with wall-flowers.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 642 · C1
“IVY DOUGLAS.”
The Valley of Fear, p. 101 · C1
Among the ivy's inmost nook.
A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 21 · C1
There’s a piece of a plate with a spray of red and yellow ivy on it that is especially beautiful.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 90 · C1

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