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vine

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  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. (UK, especially) A climbing plant that produces grapes.
  5. Any plant of the genus Vitis.

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C2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/vaɪn/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle English
vīne
In summary

From Middle English vīne, 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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