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vine.

Any plant whose stem requires support and which climbs by tendrils or twining.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈvaɪ̯n/[ˈvaɪ̯n]
  1. Any plant whose stem requires support and which climbs by tendrils or twining.

  2. Any plant the stem of which creeps along the ground.

  3. A stem of such plants, especially when thick and rope-like; a liana.

  4. A climbing plant that produces grapes.

    UK · especially
    They picked the grapes off the vine.
  5. Any plant of the genus Vitis.

Where this word comes from

From Middle English vyne, from Anglo-Norman vigne, from Vulgar Latin vīnia, from Latin vīnea (“vines in a vineyard”), from vīneus (“related to wine”), from vīnum (“wine”), from Proto-Italic *wīnom, from Proto-Indo-European *wóyh₁nom (“vine, wine”), from *weh₁y- (“to twist, wrap”). Doublet of wine.

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