woodbine

1. Any of various climbing vines, especially a Mediterranean honeysuckle (Lonicera periclymenum) having yellowish flowers.
2. See Virginia creeper.

[Middle English wodebinde, from Old English wudubinde : wudu, wood + binde, wreath (from bindan, to bind).]

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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: common North American vine with compound leaves and bluish-black berrylike fruit
  Synonyms: Virginia creeper, American ivy, Parthenocissus quinquefolia

Meaning #2: European twining honeysuckle with fragrant red and yellow-white flowers
  Synonym: Lonicera periclymenum

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Woodbine may refer to:

• Woodbine (plant), one of various species
• Woodbine (cigarette), a tobacco product
• USCGC Woodbine (WLB-289) - a buoy tender of the United States Coast Guard

In Australia:

• Woodbine, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney

In Canada:

• Woodbine, Calgary
• Woodbine Avenue (Ontario), an arterial road
  • Woodbine (TTC), a subway station that serves the above road
• Woodbine Racetrack

In the United States:

• Woodbine, Georgia
• Woodbine, Iowa
• Woodbine, Kansas
• Woodbine, Kentucky
• Woodbine, Maryland
• Woodbine, New Jersey
• Woodbine, West Virginia
• Woodbine (New Albany, Indiana), a historic estate

See also

• All pages with titles containing "Woodbine"

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