woodbine noun. ['wʊdbʌɪn] Orig. (now rare) woodbind [-bʌɪnd]. OE.
[from WOOD noun¹ + (alt. of) BIND verb.]
1. Any of various climbing plants, esp. (now dial.), hedge bindweed, Calystegia sepium, and (US) Virginia creeper, Parthenocissus quinquefolia. OE.
b. spec. The common honeysuckle of Europe, Lonicera periclymenum. ME.

2. (Usu. Woodbine.)
a. (Proprietary name for) a brand of cheap cigarettes; a cigarette of this brand. E20.
b. An Englishman, esp. a soldier (considered as a habitual smoker of Woodbine cigarettes). Austral. slang. E20.

■ woodbined adjective overgrown or adorned with woodbine L18.

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