English

Proper noun

Woodbine

1. A British brand of unfiltered cigarette, now made in Ireland

Noun

Woodbine ‎(plural Woodbines)

1. A cigarette of this brand

English

Noun

woodbine ‎(plural woodbines)

1. Any of several climbing vines, especially the honeysuckle and the Virginia creeper
   • 1599, William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, Act 3 Scene 1

     URSULA. The pleasant'st angling is to see the fish

     Cut with her golden oars the silver stream,

     And greedily devour the treacherous bait:

     So angle we for Beatrice; who even now

     Is couched in the woodbine coverture.

   • 1920, Peter B. Kyne, The Understanding Heart, Chapter II

     Bob gave the man fair warning. Told him if he ever prowled around his home again he'd better come a–fogging; the man took a chance and now he's where the woodbine twineth and the whangdoodle mourneth for its mate.

   1. Species of Lonicera (honeysuckle), particularly:
      1. Lonicera periclymenum, European honeysuckle, common honeysuckle
      2. Lonicera xylosteum, European fly honeysuckle, dwarf honeysuckle, fly woodbine
   2. Species of Parthenocissus, particularly:
      1. Parthenocissus quinquefolia, Virginia creeper
      2. Parthenocissus tricuspidata, Japanese creeper, Boston ivy
      3. Parthenocissus vitacea, now Parthenocissus inserta, thicket creeper, false Virginia creeper, grape woodbine
   3. Clematis virginiana, devil's darning needle
   4. Gelsemium sempervirens, yellow jessamine