creeper
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3.8
- noun
- /ˈkripər/
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enredadera
- At the Busch Wildlife Area west of St. Louis, box elder, greenbriar, and trumpet creeper popped up bright green against the dark, wet gloss of mud on the forest floor.
- creeper vine
- creepers climb
- creepers grow
Examples
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Any tree girdled by a creeper is either dead or close to it.
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Inside, vines and creepers hung down from the trees, yet they were easily pushed aside.
Fiction book (1993) -
This is Blue star Creeper, and it's an Evergreen zone.
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After I had turned it over and over in my hands, I carried it to a thicket of Virginia creeper and placed it under the leaves.
Fiction book (1991) -
Toward evening, I heard a catbird calling from the thicket of Virginia creeper.
Fiction book (1991) -
Now sunlight warmed the soft red bricks, over which a tracery of Virginia creeper had begun to climb.
Fiction book (1992) -
Finally, the remains of Thurston's Store, it tumbled down, climbed over by creeper, honeysuckle, and poison oak.
Fiction book (1992) -
Lines of trees fronted the three long wings squaring off the courtyard; red-flowered creepers twined up the tree trunks.
Fiction book (2001) -
The gravedigger passed between the tombstones, watering the flowers, strengthening the supports of the creepers, collecting the dry leaves and scraps of paper strewn over the ground.
Fiction book (1996) -
The garden was beautifully decorated with several types of creepers that climbed up the trellis.
Synonyms
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1.0
A plant with a long stem that climbs or trails along fences and walls
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3.0
A plant that grows upward by clinging to or twining around a support
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5.4
A climbing plant with five leaflets on each stem and dark berries
A low plant that spreads across lawns and has small purple flowers
A plant that partly grows up supports but often spreads on the ground
A plant that climbs by wrapping its stem around a support
A plant that grows up walls using small roots that stick to surfaces
A climbing plant with large red flowers shaped like a trumpet often grown in gardens
A strong evergreen climbing plant with bright green claw-shaped flowers
A climbing plant with bright yellow flowers that decorates gardens
Compounds
- Specialized
A small North American songbird with a curved beak that climbs tree trunks to find insects
- Philippine
A strong evergreen climbing plant with bright green claw-shaped flowers
A small North American bird with a thin curved bill that climbs tree trunks to find insects
A vine from Costa Rica with large purple-blue flowers and hook-shaped spines
A climbing plant with large red flowers shaped like a trumpet often grown in gardens
How High
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Creeper for a plant comes from the verb creep, 'to move along the surface', because these plants spread over the ground or climb walls by growing stems or runners along surfaces, so the name shows how they grow.