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Added 9 October 2026

woodbine

noun

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. More about woodbine at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Common North American vine with compound leaves and bluish-black berrylike fruit.
European twining honeysuckle with fragrant red and yellow-white flowers.

Origin

From Middle English wodebynd, wodebynde, from Old English wudubind, wudubinde (“woodbine”), equivalent to wood + bine.

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