vine
Any plant whose stem requires support and which climbs by tendrils or twining.
Other meanings
Any plant the stem of which creeps along the ground.
A stem of such plants, especially when thick and rope-like; a liana.
A kind of
- vascular plant
Kinds of vine
- semi-climber
- ivy
- climbing hemp-vine
- squash
- kiwi
- silver vine
- hop
- evening trumpet flower
Word history
From Latin "vīnea" (vines in a vineyard).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “vine” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.