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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
Any of several climbing vines, especially the honeysuckle and the Virginia creeper..
URSULA. The pleasant'st angling is to see the fish Cut with her golden oars the silver stream, And greedily devour the treacherous bait: So angle we for Beatrice; who even now Is couched in the woodbine coverture.
Bob gave the man fair warning. Told him if he ever prowled around his home again he'd better come a–fogging; the man took a chance and now he's where the woodbine twineth and the whangdoodle mourneth for its mate.
Use woodbine when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Woodbine means Any of several climbing vines, especially the honeysuckle and the Virginia creeper..
Common synonyms include lonicera periclymenum, american ivy, parthenocissus quinquefolia, virginia creeper.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
URSULA. The pleasant'st angling is to see the fish Cut with her golden oars the silver stream, And greedily devour the treacherous bait: So angle we for Beatrice; who even now Is couched in the woodbine coverture.
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