Meanings
plural Virginia creepers
- uncountableusuallyA climbing plant (Parthenocissus quinquefolia).
The same walls, when the Virginia creeper dies back in winter, show a date-mark of 1490.
1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 240Synonyms: American ivy, five-leaved ivy
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA climbing plant (Parthenocissus quinquefolia).
More synonyms by meaning
nouncommon North American vine with compound leaves and bluish-black berrylike fruit
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Catalan heura de Virgínia
- heura de VirgíniaParthenocissus quinquefolia
Chinese Mandarin 五葉地錦 /五叶地锦
- 五葉地錦 /五叶地锦 (wǔyèdìjǐn)Parthenocissus quinquefolia
Finnish imukärhivilliviini
- imukärhivilliviiniParthenocissus quinquefolia
French vigne vierge, vigne vierge à cinq folioles
- vigne viergeParthenocissus quinquefolia
- vigne vierge à cinq foliolesParthenocissus quinquefolia
German Selbstkletternde Jungfernrebe
- Selbstkletternde JungfernrebeParthenocissus quinquefolia
Irish athair Virginia
- athair VirginiaParthenocissus quinquefolia
Italian vite vergine
- vite vergineParthenocissus quinquefolia
Romanian viță de Canada, viță sălbatică
- viță de CanadaParthenocissus quinquefolia
- viță sălbaticăParthenocissus quinquefolia
Swedish klättervildvin
- klättervildvinParthenocissus quinquefolia
Ukrainian дикий виноград п'ятилистий
- дикий виноград п'ятилистий (dykyj vynohrad pʺjatylystyj)Parthenocissus quinquefolia
Welsh dringwr fflamgoch
- dringwr fflamgochParthenocissus quinquefolia
Cite this entry
Virginia creeper. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Virginia%20creeper
“Virginia creeper.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Virginia%20creeper. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Virginia creeper,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Virginia%20creeper.
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