Ivy

1. A plant of the genus Hedera (Hedera helix), common in Europe. Its leaves are evergreen, dark, smooth, shining, and mostly five-pointed; the flowers yellowish and small; the berries black or yellow. The stem clings to walls and trees by rootlike fibers.
   
American ivy . (Bot.)
See Virginia creeper.
English ivy (Bot.),
a popular name in America for the ivy proper (Hedera helix).
German ivy (Bot.),
a creeping plant, with smooth, succulent stems, and fleshy, light-green leaves; a species of Senecio (Senecio scandens).
Ground ivy . (Bot.)
Gill (Nepeta Glechoma).
Ivy bush . (Bot.)
See Mountain laurel, under Mountain.
Ivy owl (Zoöl.),
the barn owl.
Ivy tod (Bot.),
the ivy plant.
Japanese ivy (Bot.),
a climbing plant (Ampelopsis tricuspidata), closely related to the Virginia creeper.
Poison ivy (Bot.),
an American woody creeper (Rhus Toxicodendron), with trifoliate leaves, and greenish-white berries. It is exceedingly poisonous to the touch for most persons.
To pipe in an ivy leaf ,
to console one's self as best one can.
West Indian ivy ,
a climbing plant of the genus Marcgravia.