different between hedera vs ivy

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

From the genus name Hedera, in turn from Latin hedera (“ivy”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?h?.d?.??/

Noun

hedera (plural hederas)

1. (horticulture) Any Old World ivy of the genus Hedera

Related terms

• hederaceous
• hederal

Anagrams

• Hardee, adhere, header, heared, rehead

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *g?ed- (“to seize, grasp, take”), the same source as Ancient Greek ??????? (khandán?, “to get, grasp”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?he.de.ra/, [?h?d???ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?e.de.ra/, [???d????]

Noun

hedera f (genitive hederae); first declension

1. ivy

Declension

First-declension noun.

Derived terms

Descendants

References

• hedera in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• hedera in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• hedera in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• hedera in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

English

Etymology

From Middle English ivi, from Old English ?fi?, from Proto-West Germanic [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *ibahs (compare West Flemish iefte, Low German Eiloov, Ieloof, German Efeu), from Proto-Indo-European *(h?)eb?- (compare Welsh efwr (“black elder”), Ancient Greek ????? (íphuon, “spike-lavender, Lavandula Spica”)).

Pronunciation

• enPR: ??v?, IPA^(key): /?a?vi/
• Rhymes: -a?vi

Noun

ivy (countable and uncountable, plural ivies)

1. Any of several woody, climbing, or trailing evergreen plants of the genus Hedera.
2. Any similar plant of any genus.

Hypernyms

• climber, creeper, liana

Hyponyms

• (plants in Hedera): See Hedera.

Coordinate terms

• kudzu
• vine

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• ivy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Hedera on Wikispecies.Wikispecies