German ivy

German ivy
noun
South African succulent evergreen twining climber with yellow flowers grown primarily as a houseplant for its foliage; sometimes placed in genus Senecio
Hypernyms: ↑vine
Member Holonyms: ↑Delairea, ↑genus Delairea

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noun
Usage: usually capitalized G
: a twining or creeping southern African plant (Senecio mikanioides) with yellow flowers and leaves resembling those of ivy

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a twining composite plant, Senecio mikanioides, native to southern Africa, having ivy-shaped leaves and clusters of yellow flowers.
[1860-65]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • German ivy — a twining composite plant, Senecio mikanioides, native to southern Africa, having ivy shaped leaves and clusters of yellow flowers. [1860 65] * * * …   Universalium

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  • German — camomile (tea); German ivy (South African ivy); German knot (figure 8 knot); German lapis (imitation lapis lazuli), German measles (rubella); German shepherd (police dog); German silver (coppernickel zinc alloy resembling silver) …   Eponyms, nicknames, and geographical games

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  • English ivy — Ivy I vy, n.; pl. {Ivies}. [AS. [=i]fig; akin to OHG. ebawi, ebah, G. epheu.] (Bot.) 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 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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