1. ivy - Noun
2. Ivy - Proper noun
A plant of the genus Hedera (H. helix), common in Europe. Its leaves are evergreen, dark, smooth, shining, and mostly five-pointed; the flowers yellowish and small; the berries black or yellow. The stem clings to walls and trees by rootlike fibers.
Source: Webster's dictionaryWhy so much innuendo, draped like ivy to hide a cesspool, when everyone knew the cesspool was there? Cesare Pavese
Oh roses for the flush of youth, And laurel for the perfect prime; But pluck an ivy branch for me Grown old before my time. Christina Rossetti
The rugged trees are mingling Their flowery sprays in love; The ivy climbs the laurel To clasp the boughs above. William Cullen Bryant
Yet once more, O ye laurels, and once more Ye myrtles brown, with ivy never sere, I come to pluck your berries harsh and crude, And with forced fingers rude Shatter your leaves before the mellowing year. John Milton
You will wear the ivy wreath, the victor's meed. Latin Proverb
Have a mouth of ivy and a heart of holly. Irish Proverb