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vine

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noun/ˈvaɪ̯n/[ˈvaɪ̯n]
  1. 1

    Any plant whose stem requires support and which climbs by tendrils or twining.

  2. 2

    Any plant the stem of which creeps along the ground.

  3. 3

    A stem of such plants, especially when thick and rope-like; a liana.

    • This was a full-on jungle, full of all kinds of creepy things - snakes, spiders. They expected Tarzan to come swinging by on a vine.
    • I could have easily been in the Congo. Trees, Tarzan-like vines, creepy crawlies, spiders and more spiders.
  4. 4

    A climbing plant that produces grapes.UKespecially

    • They picked the grapes off the vine.
  5. 5

    Any plant of the genus Vitis.

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