woodbine

Twining fragrant vine

Woodbine is a climbing plant, especially honeysuckle in British usage or Virginia creeper in American usage.

The name suggests wood and vine twining together.

It appears in pastoral poetry and older literature: the luscious woodbine.

Woodbine is also a brand of cheap British cigarettes, once ubiquitous among working-class smokers.

vine

climber

One who scales

ivy · clinging · trailing · rambling · scrambling · winding · coiling · entwining · pergola · arbor

fragrance

honeyed

Sweetened or flattering

fragrant · scented · blossoms · flowers · night-blooming · tubular · trumpet-shaped

literary

pastoral

Of countryside or clergy care

Midsummer · bower · garland · wreath · nostalgia · idyllic · bucolic · poetic · traditional · folklore

habitat

hedgerow

Linear shrub boundary

copse · native · naturalized · countryside · rural · English · pastoral · meadow · shade-tolerant · understory

Categories
Opposites
growth habit

woodbinetree

Woody perennial plant

shrub · oak · standing timber

cultivation status

woodbinehothouse flower

Plant requiring artificial warmth

hybrid tea rose · topiary

climbing mechanism

woodbineivy

Evergreen climbing plant

Boston ivy · Virginia creeper

Family

honeysuckle, bindweed

Familiarity
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Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G