Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Having leaves which resemble those of the ivy.

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  • adjective Used in the names of various plants the leaves of which resemble those of the ivy.

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Examples

  • The pretty little ivy-leaved campanula was growing here in abundance.

    Brittany & Its Byways Fanny Bury Palliser

  • Nearly all the buttercups have yellow flowers, but there are two British species which have white blossoms, namely, this one and the little ivy-leaved buttercup, or crowfoot, as it is often called, which is found either in the water or near the water's edge.

    Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children W. Houghton

  • We saw, you remember, that the ivy-leaved Toadflax on the wall by the foldyard steps sent out fresh roots from its stems as it grew.

    Wildflowers of the Farm Arthur Owens Cooke

  • In my own garden, however, the ivy-leaved Toadflax grows on some very dry old walls, and I have found it in flower in the middle of December.

    Wildflowers of the Farm Arthur Owens Cooke

  • Though the ivy-leaved crowfoot is generally regarded as

    Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children W. Houghton

  • The ivy-leaved variety is found in England, with nodding fresh-coloured blossoms, and a brown intensely acrid root.

    Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie

  • Unlike the clover, the wood-sorrel and the ivy-leaved toadflax move with sudden violence.

    The Spring of Joy: A Little Book of Healing 1917

  • The terrace was planted with a border of trailing pink ivy-leaved geraniums, and the bank that sloped below was a superb mass of hydrangeas in full bloom, their delicate shades of blue and pink looking like the hues of dawn in a clear sky.

    The Princess of the School Angela Brazil 1907

  • Pink ivy-leaved geraniums trailed from every wall, great white arum lilies opened their stately sheaths; marigolds, salvias, carnations, and other summer flowers were in bloom, and little green lizards basked on the stones, whisking away in great alarm, however, if they were approached.

    The Princess of the School Angela Brazil 1907

  • I found the Nepeta and the ivy-leaved Veronica under the hedge; and whitlow grass near the old tower.

    The Old Helmet 1864

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