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Definition of "woodbine" []

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

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "woodbine" in a sentence
  • "Curl inward here, sweet woodbine flow'r; — 'Companion of the lonely hour,"
  • "If I were him I'd be keeping my head down woodbine"
  • "The roses and woodbine planted around the door by her mother had formed a riotous, twining mat."