ivy-leaved, a.
Having quinquangular leaves like those of the common ivy.
In many names of plants, as ivy-leaved bellflower, Campanula hederacea; i. chickweed or speedwell, Ivy-chickweed; i. crowfoot, Ranunculus hederaceus; i. duckweed, Lemna trisulca; i. pelargonium, a creeping species of Pelargonium; i. toad-flax, Linaria Cymbalaria.
| 1789 J. Pilkington View Derbysh. I. viii. 417 Ranunculus hederaceus, Ivy-leaved Crowfoot. 1861 Miss Pratt Flower. Pl. IV. 125 Ivy-leaved Toad-flax..is a common plant on the walls of gardens. 1887 Daily News 11 July 3/7 A magnificent display of ivy-leaved pelargoniums. |