bine
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- noun
- /baɪn/
- Specialized
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lúpulo
- During the summer, the bines in the field grow rapidly, providing a lush canopy.
Examples
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To accommodate the bines (what you call a plant like hops that attaches itself to a support without suckers or tendrils).
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The infected plant was believed to have been imported into a garden center in Pennsylvania from South or Central America, where it is known as Venezuelan tree-bine.
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We hose down the whole bine once a week.
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It's important to keep the bines labeled so when it comes time to make beer, you know which variety is which.
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I put some pulleys on the eaves of the house so that I can lower the bines to harvest the hops without having to climb a ladder.
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The gardener trained the bine to climb along the wooden trellis.
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When brewed, the hops from the bines give the beer its distinctive flavor.
Synonyms
A plant that climbs by wrapping its stem around a support
A European climbing plant whose flowers give beer a bitter taste
A climbing plant whose flowers give beer a bitter taste and smell
A climbing plant whose flowers brewers use to give beer a bitter taste
A climbing plant from Europe whose flowers are used to flavour beer
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Etymology
The word bine is an old English word for a climbing plant that winds its stem around a support. A helpful way to remember bine is to think of the word bind, which means 'to tie', because the plant seems to 'bind' itself to a pole by twisting its stem, so a bine climbs by winding rather than using tendrils.