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a patient assassin that climbs your wall like rent, then keeps the bricks
means a climbing or trailing evergreen plant that clings to walls, trees, and fences with rootlets, often grown for ornament or coverage.
from From Old English "ifig," with cousins across the old Germanic tongues — Old High German "ebah" and the like — though the deeper root is murky, lost somewhere before the written record. It has crept through English largely unchanged for over a thousand years, fittingly persistent for a plant that does the same to brickwork.
climbing techTiny rootlets secrete glue strong enough to dent stone
evergreenStays green all winter, mocking every bare tree
late bloomerFlowers in autumn, feeding bees when nothing else does
league nameIvy League comes from old vines on campus walls
toxic touchPoison ivy isn't true ivy, just a vengeful imposter