an evergreen climbing vine ( Cissus incisa ) of the grape family, common as a houseplant

a climbing vine ( Parthenocissus tricuspidata ) of the grape family, native to Japan and China , having shield-shaped leaves and purple berries : often grown to cover walls

→ ivy (sense 1 )

a creeping or trailing Eurasian aromatic herbaceous plant, Glechoma (or Nepeta ) hederacea, with scalloped leaves and purplish-blue flowers: family Lamiaceae ( labiates )

The Ivy League is a group of eight universities in the north-eastern part of the United States , which have high academic and social status .

Poison ivy is a wild plant that grows in North America and that causes a rash or skin problems if you touch it.

any of various trailing plants (genus Plectranthus ) of the mint family, often used as houseplants, esp. one ( P . oertendahlii ) that became very popular in Sweden

a climbing plant, Ficus benjamina, of the fig family, grown as a greenhouse or house plant for its graceful glossy leaves on slender drooping branches

a vitaceous woody vine , Parthenocissus quinquefolia, of North America, having tendrils with adhesive tips , bluish-black berry-like fruits, and compound leaves that turn red in autumn : widely planted for ornament

→ Boston ivy

a group of eight universities (Brown, Columbia , Cornell, Dartmouth College, Harvard, Princeton , the University of Pennsylvania , and Yale ) that have similar academic and social prestige in the US to Oxford and Cambridge in Britain

any woody climbing or trailing araliaceous plant of the Old World genus Hedera, esp H. helix , having lobed evergreen leaves and black berry-like fruits