vine

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a plant whose weak stem climbs, twines around supports, or trails along the ground, especially a grape plant

   A vine climbed the trellis and spread across the garden wall.

2. 2
   noun

   the long, flexible stem of a climbing or trailing plant

   He pulled the thick vine aside to clear the path.

From Middle English vine, via Anglo-French vigne from Latin vīnea 'vine or vineyard', related to vīnum 'wine'. The older connection is to the grapevine, then broadened to climbing or trailing plants.

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