Well attestedNamed from the place
Virginia creeper
noun · first attested 17th century
Named by Europeans for a colony far larger than today's Virginia.
A vigorous North American climbing vine with five leaflets that turn scarlet in fall.
37.5000°N -79.0000°W · Q1370
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- 17th century
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- noun
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Virginia creeper
The vine reached European gardens from the early English colony and took its name there, though it grows wild from Canada to Mexico. Adhesive pads on its tendrils let it climb bare masonry, which is why it covers so many old walls nowhere near Virginia.
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