vine

UK: /ˈvaɪn/ US: /vaɪn/ ,(vīn)

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vine /vaɪn/   n. [countable]

1. Botany a plant with a long stem that grows along the ground or that climbs a support by winding or by clinging to it.
2. Botany the stem itself.
3. Plant Biology, Wine grapevine (def. 1).

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vine (vīn),  n. 

1. Plant Biology any plant having a long, slender stem that trails or creeps on the ground or climbs by winding itself about a support or holding fast with tendrils or claspers.
2. Plant Biology, Botany the stem of any such plant.
3. Plant Biology, Wine a grape plant.

• Latin vīnea vine(yard), equivalent. to vīn(um) wine + -ea, feminine of -eus -eous
• Old French vi(g)ne
• Middle English 1250–1300

vine′less, adj. 
vine′like′, adj. 

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vine / vaɪn/ noun

1. any of various plants, esp the grapevine, having long flexible stems that creep along the ground or climb by clinging to a support by means of tendrils, leafstalks, etc
2. the stem of such a plant

Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French vine, from Latin vīnea vineyard, from vīneus belonging to wine, from vīnum wine

ˈviny adjective

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Vine / vaɪn/ noun

1. Barbara. See (Ruth) Rendell