Wood"bine` (?), n. [AS. wudubind black ivy; -- so named as binding about trees. See Wood, and Bind, v. t.] Bot. (a)
A climbing plant having flowers of great fragrance (Lonicera Periclymenum); the honeysuckle.
(b)
The Virginia creeper. See Virginia creeper, under Virginia.
[Local, U. S.]
Beatrice, who even now
Is couched in the woodbine coverture.
Shak.
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