I|vy

i|vy «Y vee», noun, plural i|vies.

1. a climbing plant with smooth, shiny, evergreen leaves; English ivy. It belongs to the ginseng family and is grown for ornament on walls and buildings. It is native to Europe and parts of Asia, and bears clusters of greenish-yellow flowers, followed by dark berries.

2. any one of various other climbing plants, such as American ivy, Japanese ivy, or poison ivy.

╂[Old English īfig]

–i´vy|like´, adjective.

I|vy «Y vee», adjective.

Slang. Ivy League.