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vine (vīn)

noun

    1. any plant with a long, thin stem that grows along the ground or climbs a wall or other support by means of tendrils, etc.
    2. the stem of such a plant
  2. grapevine (sense )

Origin: ME < OFr vine < L vinea, vine < vineus, pertaining to wine < vinum, wine, akin to Gr oinē, vine, oinos, wine, prob. a loanword from a pre-IE language of the Pontus region (> Heb yayin)

vine (vīn)

noun
  1. a. A weak-stemmed plant that derives its support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface.
    b. The stem of such a plant.
  2. a. A grapevine.
    b. Grapevines considered as a group: products of the vine.
intransitive verb vined, vin·ing, vines
To form or develop like a vine.

Origin: Middle English, from Old French, from Latin vīnea, from feminine of vīneus, of wine, from vīnum, wine.

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