Vine
Meanings and phrases
vine
- a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface
Allegheny vine
- vine with feathery leaves and white or pinkish flowers; sometimes placed in genus Fumaria; climbing fumitory; Adlumia fungosa; Fumaria fungosa
Barbados-gooseberry vine
- West Indian woody climber with spiny stems and numerous fragrant white flowers in panicles followed by small yellow to orange fruits; Barbados gooseberry; Pereskia aculeata
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- twining perennial vine having racemes of fragrant greenish flowers; western China to Russia; silver lace vine; Russian vine; Polygonum aubertii
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- evergreen woody twiner with large glossy leaves and showy corymbs of fragrant white trumpet-shaped flowers; Nepal trumpet flower; Beaumontia grandiflora
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- South African vine having a massive rootstock covered with deeply fissured bark; elephant's-foot; tortoise plant; Hottentot's bread vine; Dioscorea elephantipes
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- South African vine having a massive rootstock covered with deeply fissured bark; elephant's-foot; tortoise plant; Hottentot bread vine; Dioscorea elephantipes
Russian vine
- twining perennial vine having racemes of fragrant greenish flowers; western China to Russia; silver lace vine; China fleece vine; Polygonum aubertii
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- woody perennial climbing plant with large ornamental seed pods that resemble balloons; tropical India and Africa and America; heart pea; Cardiospermum halicacabum
black-eyed Susan vine
- tropical African climbing plant having yellow flowers with a dark purple center; black-eyed Susan; Thunbergia alata
calabar-bean vine
- tropical African woody vine yielding calabar beans; Physostigma venenosum
canarybird vine
- a climber having flowers that are the color of canaries; canarybird flower; canary creeper; Tropaeolum peregrinum
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- a variety of muskmelon vine having fruit with a tan rind and orange flesh; cantaloupe; cantaloup; cantaloupe vine; Cucumis melo cantalupensis
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- a variety of muskmelon vine having fruit with a tan rind and orange flesh; cantaloupe; cantaloup; cantaloup vine; Cucumis melo cantalupensis
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- Mexican evergreen climbing plant having large solitary funnel-shaped fragrant yellow flowers with purple-brown ridges in the throat; trumpet flower; cupflower; Solandra guttata
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- hardy Chinese vine naturalized in United States and cultivated as an ornamental climber for its glossy heart-shaped cinnamon-scented leaves and in the tropics for its edible tubers; Chinese yam; Dioscorea batata
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- common European grape cultivated in many varieties; chief source of Old World wine and table grapes; vinifera; vinifera grape; Vitis vinifera
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- deciduous erect or spreading shrub with spiny branches and violet-purple flowers followed by orange-red berries; southeastern Europe to China; Duke of Argyll's tea tree; Lycium barbarum; Lycium halimifolium
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- prostrate or twining woody vine with small leathery leaves and umbels of red flowers; Australia and Tasmania; Kennedia coccinea
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- woody flowering vine of southern United States; stems show a cross in transverse section; trumpet flower; quartervine; quarter-vine; Bignonia capreolata
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- tropical southeast Asian shrubby vine bearing spicy berrylike fruits; cubeb; Java pepper; Piper cubeba
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- a melon vine of the genus Cucumis; cultivated from earliest times for its cylindrical green fruit; cucumber; Cucumis sativus
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- tropical American annual climber having red (sometimes white) flowers and finely dissected leaves; naturalized in United States and elsewhere; star-glory; Indian pink; Ipomoea quamoclit; Quamoclit pennata
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- a tuberous twining annual vine bearing clusters of purplish flowers and pods with four jagged wings; Old World tropics; winged bean; winged pea; goa bean; Manila bean; Psophocarpus tetragonolobus
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- any of numerous woody vines of genus Vitis bearing clusters of edible berries; grape; grapevine
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- a North American vine with fragrant blossoms and edible tubers; important food crop of Native Americans; groundnut; Indian potato; potato bean; wild bean; Apios americana; Apios tuberosa
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- any of several Australasian evergreen vines widely cultivated in warm regions for their large bright yellow single flowers; guinea flower
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- vigorous Philippine evergreen twining liana; grown for spectacular festoons of green flowers that resemble lobster claws; emerald creeper; Strongylodon macrobotrys
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- climbing vine native to China; cultivated in New Zealand for its fuzzy edible fruit with green meat; Chinese gooseberry; kiwi; Actinidia chinensis; Actinidia deliciosa
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- fast-growing vine from eastern Asia having tuberous starchy roots and hairy trifoliate leaves and racemes of purple flowers followed by long hairy pods containing many seeds; grown for fodder and forage and root starch; widespread in the southern United States; kudzu; Pueraria lobata
lace-flower vine
- low-growing creeping perennial of Central America having deeply fringed white flowers; sometimes placed in genus Episcia; Alsobia dianthiflora; Episcia dianthiflora
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- leafless parasitic vine with dense clusters of small white bell-shaped flowers on orange-yellow stems that twine around clover or flax; Cuscuta gronovii
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- any of various shrubs or vines of the genus Lycium with showy flowers and bright berries; boxthorn
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- any of various fruit of cucurbitaceous vines including: muskmelons; watermelons; cantaloupes; cucumbers; melon
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- twining vine with hairy foliage and dark purplish-brown flowers; Vincetoxicum hirsutum; Vincetoxicum negrum
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- any of various chiefly tropical American vines some bearing edible fruit; passionflower
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- widely cultivated American plant cultivated in tropical and warm regions; showy yellow flowers on stalks that bend over to the soil so that seed pods ripen underground; peanut; Arachis hypogaea
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- hardy deciduous vine having large leaves and flowers with the calyx tube curved like the bowl of a pipe; Dutchman's-pipe; Aristolochia macrophylla; Aristolochia durior
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- vine of Costa Rica sparsely armed with hooklike spines and having large lilac-blue flowers; giant potato creeper; Solanum wendlandii
- copiously branched vine of Brazil having deciduous leaves and white flowers tinged with blue; Solanum jasmoides
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- perennial vine of dry parts of central and southwestern United States and Mexico having small hard mottled green inedible fruit; prairie gourd; Missouri gourd; wild pumpkin; buffalo gourd; calabazilla; Cucurbita foetidissima
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- a coarse vine widely cultivated for its large pulpy round orange fruit with firm orange skin and numerous seeds; subspecies of Cucurbita pepo include the summer squashes and a few autumn squashes; pumpkin; autumn pumpkin; Cucurbita pepo
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- a prostrate perennial of coastal sand dunes Florida to Texas; beach morning glory; Ipomoea pes-caprae
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- deciduous climber for arches and fences having ill-scented but interesting flowers and poisonous yellow fruits; cultivated for its dark shining foliage; southeastern Europe to Asia Minor; Periploca graeca
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- twining perennial vine having racemes of fragrant greenish flowers; western China to Russia; China fleece vine; Russian vine; Polygonum aubertii
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- ornamental vine of eastern Asia having yellow edible fruit and leaves with silver-white markings; silvervine; Actinidia polygama
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- any of numerous annual trailing plants of the genus Cucurbita grown for their fleshy edible fruits; squash
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- twining shrub of North America having yellow capsules enclosing scarlet seeds; bittersweet; American bittersweet; climbing bittersweet; false bittersweet; waxwork; shrubby bittersweet; Celastrus scandens
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- any of several tropical annual climbers having large yellow flowers and edible young fruits; grown commercially for the mature fruit's dried fibrous interior that is used as a sponge; luffa; dishcloth gourd; sponge gourd; rag gourd
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- any of various usually bushy plants producing fruit that is eaten while immature and before the rind or seeds harden; summer squash; Cucurbita pepo melopepo
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- any of several varieties of vine whose fruit has a netted rind and edible flesh and a musky smell; sweet melon; muskmelon; Cucumis melo
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- pantropical vine widely cultivated in several varieties for its large sweet tuberous root with orange flesh; sweet potato; Ipomoea batatas
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- climbing Asiatic vine having long finely serrate leaves and racemes of white flowers followed by greenish-yellow edible fruit; bower actinidia; Actinidia arguta
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- a North American woody vine having pinnate leaves and large red trumpet-shaped flowers; trumpet creeper; Campsis radicans
- evergreen North American honeysuckle vine having coral-red or orange flowers; trumpet honeysuckle; coral honeysuckle; trumpet flower; Lonicera sempervirens
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- scandent subshrub of southeastern United States having large red-purple bell-shaped flowers with leathery recurved sepals; leather flower; vase-fine; Clematis viorna
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- desert shrub of southwestern United States and Mexico having slender naked spiny branches that after the rainy season put forth foliage and clusters of red flowers; ocotillo; coachwhip; Jacob's staff; Fouquieria splendens
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- small maple of northwestern North America having prostrate stems that root freely and form dense thickets; Acer circinatum
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- annual native to South America having underground stolons bearing edible starchy tubers; widely cultivated as a garden vegetable; vines are poisonous; potato; white potato; Solanum tuberosum
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- tropical American prostrate or climbing herbaceous perennial having an enormous starchy root; sometimes held to be source of the sweet potato; wild sweet potato vine; man-of-the-earth; manroot; scammonyroot; Ipomoea panurata; Ipomoea fastigiata
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- tropical American prostrate or climbing herbaceous perennial having an enormous starchy root; sometimes held to be source of the sweet potato; wild potato vine; man-of-the-earth; manroot; scammonyroot; Ipomoea panurata; Ipomoea fastigiata
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- any of a variety of muskmelon vines having fruit with a smooth white rind and white or greenish flesh that does not have a musky smell; winter melon; Persian melon; honeydew melon; Cucumis melo inodorus
E.g.
- It is native to the American west where it is often a pest of orchard and vine crops.
- Of the agricultural land, 7.6% is used for growing crops, while 1.5% is used for orchards or vine crops.
- Of the agricultural land, 72.03% is used for farming or pastures, while 3.54% is used for orchards or vine crops.
E.g.
- Of the agricultural land, 7.6% is used for growing crops, while 1.5% is used for orchards or vine crops.
- Of the agricultural land, 72.03% is used for farming or pastures, while 3.54% is used for orchards or vine crops.
- Of the agricultural land, 35.9% is used for growing crops and 9.1% is pastures, while 6.5% is used for orchards or vine crops.