ivy, IV

Ivy or ivy  ( EYE vee ) means the evergreen vine that you may see climbing up buildings, or as ground cover in gardens--
He wanted to go to a college with stone buildings covered in ivy.
We'll need to cut back the ivy in the garden; it's growing up to the windows.

IV or I.V. ( eye VEE ) is an abbreviation of "intravenous", a medical term for medication or solution pumped into the bloodstream--
He can move about, but he has to take an IV stand with him.
He was so dehydrated that they gave him an IV saline solution.

Now that you know that, you can say--
"The IV sedative made him so delirious that he dreamed of ivy growing up the walls of the operating room."

Note--"IV" is also the Roman numeral for 4--it is usually read "4" but sometimes as "IV"--
The children are learning to count in Roman numerals--I, II, III, IV, V, VI...
Note # 2--the "Ivy League" is a set of colleges that operates as a "team" for the purposes of admission--
He studies all the time because he wants to attend an Ivy League school.