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vine

vine

116 1.0
A plant with a long stem that climbs or trails along fences and walls
  • noun
  • /vaɪn/
translation icon : enredadera
  • "The older the vines, the sweeter the fruit."
  • vines grow
  • vines that climb
  • plant vines

Nuts, seeds, I can just pick it right off the vine and it works for me.

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Examples

  • The grape vine climbed up the trellis, producing sweet fruit every summer.

  • When we started making wine in Chile, we brought the vines from from France.

  • We need like a rope or a vine or something.

  • See the holes and the vine is kind of growing through that.

  • OK, I'm outside and if you see behind me, the vine is growing mad.

  • Nuts, seeds, I can just pick it right off the vine and it works for me.

  • Nothing like fresh vegetables and fruit right from the vine.

  • Purple flowers from an immense network of vines cover the bright green crown.

    Academic text (1996)
  • I'll just decorate it with grapes and vine leaves.

  • The pea crops had frozen on the vines, and there was no work.

    Academic text (1995)

Synonyms

creeper
vsvine
3 3.8

A plant that grows along the ground or up walls using long stems

can also climb by twining or by attaching to supports
liana
vsvine
  • Specialized
2 8.9

A long woody vine that climbs trees in tropical forests

is usually nonwoody and has weaker stems that twine or trail
climber
vsvine
1 3.0

A plant that grows upward by clinging to or twining around a support

can also grow along the ground and has a weaker stem
clinging vine
vsvine
1 3.6

A climbing plant that holds on to walls and posts by wrapping around them or using small roots

can instead twine or spread along the ground with weak stems
twiner
vsvine
7.7

A plant that climbs by wrapping its stem around a support

also grows along the ground as well as by twining

Idioms

3 8.2

Fail to grow or succeed because people do not support it

Compounds

A climbing plant that holds on to walls and posts by wrapping around them or using small roots

1 8.9

A fast-growing climbing plant from eastern Asia that quickly covers trees and buildings

1 2.3

A climbing woody plant that produces small sweet fruit for eating or wine

1 4.3

A climbing plant with light-blue flowers used to decorate walls and fences

1 5.2

A climbing plant with large bell-shaped orange or red flowers often grown in gardens

1 7.6

A small maple tree with curved stems that root and form dense thickets

A climbing plant from tropical Africa with yellow flowers that have a dark purple center

A climbing plant that grows round melons with orange flesh

A plant that grows round melons with rough tan skin and orange flesh

A tropical African climbing plant that makes beans used in medicine and once used as a poison

A climbing plant with bright yellow flowers grown for gardens

A climbing plant that grows back every year with twining stems and fragrant green flowers

9.9

A Mexican climbing plant with large yellow funnel-shaped flowers that smell sweet

cinnamon vine
  • Specialized
8.6

A climbing plant from China that has glossy heart-shaped leaves that smell of cinnamon and edible tubers

A tropical climbing plant that grows up trees and has small flowers that smell like vanilla

common grape vine
  • Specialized
3.0

A vine from Europe that produces grapes used for eating and making wine

A bush with thorny branches, purple flowers, and orange-red berries

coral vine
  • Australian
8.6

A low climbing woody plant with small thick leaves and red flowers

cross vine
  • Specialized
8.6

A woody climbing plant with bright orange-red flowers and stems that show a cross shape when cut

cubeb vine
  • Specialized
9.9

A tropical vine that makes peppery berries used as a spice and medicine

A climbing garden plant with long green vegetables used in salads

A climbing plant from tropical America with finely divided leaves and red star-shaped flowers

An evergreen climbing plant with glossy leaves and fragrant white, trumpet-shaped flowers

A climbing plant with feathery leaves and white or pink flowers

8.3

A climbing plant with woody stems and round seed pods like small balloons

A West Indian climbing plant with spiny stems, white scented flowers, and small yellow or orange fruits

4.9

A climbing plant grown for its fuzzy, green fruit

A low plant from Central America that grows along the ground and has frilly white flowers

9.9

A vine without leaves that wraps around and harms plants like clover, with small white bell-shaped flowers on orange-yellow stems

A bush or climbing plant with bright berries you can eat and showy flowers

A climbing plant that grows melons like watermelons or cantaloupes

goa bean vine
  • Indian
9.9

A climbing plant with purple flowers and edible pods with four winged edges

A climbing plant that makes fruits with hard skins like bottle gourds

guinea gold vine
  • Australian
9.9

A climbing plant that stays green all year with large bright yellow flowers

groundnut vine
  • Specialized
8.6

A North American climbing plant with purple flowers and edible roots

A climbing plant from South Africa with a large rough root like an elephant's foot

A South African vine with a very large underground tuber

jade vine
  • Philippine
8.2

A climbing evergreen plant with bright green claw-shaped flowers used for decoration

negro vine
  • Archaic
9.9

A climbing plant with hairy leaves and dark purple-brown flowers

A climbing plant that grows large round orange pumpkins

9.9

A woody vine from the southern United States with bright flowers and a cross-shaped stem when cut

9.3

A low plant with long spreading stems and bright purple flowers that grows on coastal sand dunes

A fast-growing climbing plant that quickly covers fences and walls

A climbing plant with bright flowers that sometimes bears sweet fruit

A low plant that has yellow flowers and pods that grow under the soil and make edible peanuts

pepper vine
  • Specialized
6.2

A climbing or bush plant whose small fruits are dried to make a common cooking spice

pipe vine
  • Specialized
9.2

A tough climbing plant with large leaves and curved, pipe-like flowers

A vine that grows in dry fields and makes small hard green fruits that are not edible

A bushy plant that grows soft edible squash eaten young

A vine that grows sweet melons with a netted rind, like cantaloupe

A trailing plant grown for its large sweet roots eaten as food

tara vine
  • Indian
9.9

A climbing Asian vine with long saw-like leaves, white flower clusters, and greenish yellow fruit you can eat

9.3

A climbing plant with dark shiny leaves and poisonous yellow fruits often grown in gardens

A climbing plant with fragrant greenish flowers often grown for decoration

A climbing plant from East Asia with leaves marked silver and yellow edible fruit that cats often like

A climbing plant with thin twisting stems that has pretty leaves and berries

A plant that grows along the ground and produces pumpkins or similar edible fruits

staff vine
  • Specialized
9.9

A climbing shrub with yellow seed pods that show bright red seeds

strainer vine
  • Australian
9.9

A tropical climbing plant with yellow flowers, edible young fruits, and dried inner fruit used as a sponge

Uruguay potato vine
  • Specialized
7.6

A climbing plant with pretty flowers and small edible potatoes

9.9

A climbing plant with large red-purple bell-shaped flowers and thick leaf-like parts under the flowers

9.3

A desert plant with thin spiny branches that makes leaves and red flower clusters after rain

7.1

A thin tree snake that looks like a vine

A climbing or trailing plant that grows a large green fruit with red inside

A plant that grows edible potatoes underground and has poisonous climbing stems

A tropical plant that grows along the ground or climbs and has a large root people eat

A climbing tropical plant with a large root used for food and related to the sweet potato

A climbing plant that grows large smooth fruits used in Asian cooking

How Big

tree
1.0
shrub
44 1.0
tortoise plant
  • South African
9.9
vine
116 1.0
herb
118 1.0
seedling
20 2.8

Surface Forms

vine singular
vines plural

Etymology

The word vine comes from the Latin vinea, which is related to vinum and the English word 'wine' because these plants make the grapes used for wine. So a vine is a plant that climbs, trails, or winds as it grows.