I'vy, n.

n. [A. S. īfig, O. H. Ger. ephi, epfi, ephih, ephou, N. H. Ger. epheu, eppich, from Lat. apium, parsley, from apis, a bee, because it was especially loved by bees.] (Bot.) A plant of the genus Hedera (H. helix), common in Europe. Its leaves are dark, smooth, shining, and five-pointed; the flowers yellowish and small; the berries black or yellow. The stem clings to walls and trees by root-like fibers. Direct the clasping ivy where to climb. Milton. Ye myrtles brown, with ivy never sere. Milton. Barren ivy, a kind of creeping ivy which produces no flowers.—German ivy, a creeping plant, with smooth, succulent stems, and fleshy, light-green leaves; a species of groundsel or Senecio.