Switch-ivy (Noun)
Meaning
Fast-growing evergreen shrub of southeastern United States having arching interlaced branches and racemes of white flowers.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- Switch-ivy cascaded over the wall of the old stone building, its white blooms fragrant in the early morning.
- In the lowlands of Georgia, switch-ivy tangled itself into a near-impenetrable thicket along the banks of the Okefenokee River.
- Her grandmother used to say that switch-ivy had medicinal properties, but all Emma knew was that its clusters of flowers attracted the prettiest hummingbirds.
- Pruning switch-ivy in late winter revealed new green shoots emerging from beneath the knotty surface of last year's growth.
- Old garden books claimed switch-ivy grew almost two feet per month during spring rains, blanketing rocky hillsides in emerald that stayed through frost and winter's darkness.