ivy-leaf

Another liquid medicine: - The herb, the leaf of which resembles the arum (wakerobin) in nature, but is white, downy, of the size of the ivy-leaf: this herb is applied with wine, or the substance which forms upon the branches of the ilex, when pounded with wine, is to be applied.

On Ulcers 2007

The breeze was fresh and quite steady, filtering itself through the denuded mass of twigs without swaying them, but making the point of each ivy-leaf on the trunks scratch its underlying neighbor restlessly.

The Woodlanders 2006

For casual wear, why not make a green corduroy dress, lined with an ivory flannel with an ivy-leaf print?

Prim, proper, perfect, pained - A Dress A Day 2006

To be moist, muddy, rumpled and smeared, when by the very nature of your position it is your duty to be clear-starched up to the pellucidity of crystal, to be spotless as the lily, to be crisp as the ivy-leaf, and as clear in complexion as a rose, — is it not, O gentle readers, felt to be a disgrace?

The Duke's Children 2004

Olympias also has a bronze figurine of an ivy-leaf crowned man pouring an offering; he might be more at home in a second-century B.C. temple in Italy.

Alexander the Underwhelming 2004

They are divided into five lobes or divisions, and are not unlike an ivy-leaf in shape.

Wildflowers of the Farm Arthur Owens Cooke

The figure of a lady holding out an ivy-leaf is a sign that his sweetheart will prove true and constant, and the heart in conjunction with a ring and the initial

Tea-Cup Reading and Fortune-Telling by Tea Leaves, by a Highland Seer

Reaching the house that had been pointed out to us as Wordsworth's residence, we began to peer about at its front and gables, and over the garden-wall on both sides of the road, quickening our enthusiasm as much as we could, and meditating to pilfer some flower or ivy-leaf from the house or its vicinity, to be kept as sacred memorials.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 117, July, 1867. Various

"Tell her," said Little Fawn, "that I often saw an ivy-leaf that was as big as her barley cake."

The Boy Who Knew What The Birds Said Padraic Colum 1926

Almost the red of the holly-berries could be seen, and every pointed ivy-leaf and spike of evergreen in the wreathings of the windows stood out in bold relief against the shining panes.

Christmas Its Origin, Celebration and Significance as Related in Prose and Verse Robert Haven Schauffler 1921