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Virginia creeper |
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Virginia creeperEastern North American climbing vine belonging to the grape family, having tendrils, palmately compound leaves (made up of leaflets arranged like an open hand), green flower clusters, and blue berries eaten by many birds but inedible to humans. (Parthenocissus quinquefolia, family Vitaceae.) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The front door walk is bordered with quahog clam-shells -- `cow-hawks,' Janet calls them; there is Virginia Creeper over the porch and moss on the roof. Then she swayed, lost her balance, stumbled, staggered, and fell, sliding down over the sun-baked roof and crashing off it through the tangle of Virginia creeper beneath-- all before the dismayed circle below could give a simultaneous, terrified shriek. The low sun is fiery and yet cold behind the monastery ruin, and the Virginia creeper on the Cathedral wall has showered half its deep-red leaves down on the pavement. |
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