ivy

CEFRB2

/ˈaɪvi/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    Old World vine with lobed evergreen leaves and black berrylike fruits.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A unisex given name from English.

Examples

  • I got a rash from poison ivy.

  • The front of the building was covered with ivy.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1
Citations
1

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Any similar plant of any genus.

  2. Any of several woody, climbing, or trailing evergreen plants of the genus Hedera.

More examples

In context

  • The side of the house was covered with ivy.

  • Ivy Andrews, Ivy Calvin, Ivy Lee

  • Little Ivy's life, as the months pass on, is a quiet, uneventful one, but exceedingly happy withal: - - - "You have a strange name, my dear," the old lady says one day, and the child answers in her serious, old-fashioned way, "Yes, so everyone has always said...

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In the spring, the old stone wall was completely covered in green blank, which naturally climbed up.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English ivi, from Old English īfiġ, from Proto-West Germanic *ibig, *ibag, *ibah, from Proto-Germanic *ibahs (compare West Flemish iefte, Low German Eiloov, Ieloof, German Efeu), from Proto-Indo-European *(h₁)ebʰ- (compare Welsh efwr (“black elder”), Ancient Greek ἴφυον (íphuon, “spike-lavender, Lavandula Spica”)).