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Hedera

noun

Old World woody vines

• Syn: ↑genus Hedera

• Hypernyms: ↑rosid dicot genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Araliaceae, ↑family Araliaceae, ↑ivy family

• Member Meronyms: ↑ivy, ↑common ivy, ↑English ivy, ↑Hedera helix

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\\ˈhedərə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, ivy; perhaps akin to Latin prehendere to seize — more at get

: a genus of Old World woody vines (family Araliaceae) usually having palmate leaves but in adult form often becoming shrubby with unlobed leaves — see ivy

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Hedera /hedˈə-rə/

noun

The ivy genus of the Aralia family

ORIGIN: L

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hedˈeral adjective

hedˈerated adjective

Crowned with a wreath of ivy

Useful english dictionary. 2012.