Definition of "ivy-leaf" [ivy-leaf]

• The leaf of the ivy. (noun)

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• "Another liquid medicine: - The herb, the leaf of which resembles the arum (wakerobin) in nature, but is white, downy, of the size of the ivy-leaf: this herb is applied with wine, or the substance which forms upon the branches of the ilex, when pounded with wine, is to be applied."
• "The breeze was fresh and quite steady, filtering itself through the denuded mass of twigs without swaying them, but making the point of each ivy-leaf on the trunks scratch its underlying neighbor restlessly."
• "For casual wear, why not make a green corduroy dress, lined with an ivory flannel with an ivy-leaf print?"