Definitions for vinevaɪn

ADVERTISEMENT

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

vinevaɪn(n.)

  1. any plant with a long stem that grows along the ground or that climbs a support by winding or by clinging with tendrils or claspers.

    Category: Botany

  2. the stem itself.

    Category: Botany

  3. a grape plant.

    Category: Plants, Viniculture/Winemaking

Origin of vine:

1250–1300; < OF vi(g)ne < L vīnea vine(yard), der. of vīn(um)wine

Princeton's WordNet

  1. vine(noun)

    a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

  1. vine(noun)ɪn

    a plant with stems that wrap around things

    fields of grape vines

Wiktionary

  1. vine(Noun)

    the climbing plant that produces grapes

  2. vine(Noun)

    any plant of the genus Vitis

  3. vine(Noun)

    by extension, any similar climbing or trailing plant

  4. Origin: vigne, from vinea

Webster Dictionary

  1. Vine(noun)

    any woody climbing plant which bears grapes

  2. Vine(noun)

    hence, a climbing or trailing plant; the long, slender stem of any plant that trails on the ground, or climbs by winding round a fixed object, or by seizing anything with its tendrils, or claspers; a creeper; as, the hop vine; the bean vine; the vines of melons, squashes, pumpkins, and other cucurbitaceous plants


Translations for vine

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

vine(noun)

a type of climbing plant which bears grapes.

Get even more translations for vine »


Citation

Use the citation below to add this definition to your bibliography:

Style:MLAChicagoAPA

"vine." Definitions.net. STANDS4 LLC, 2013. Web. 19 Jun 2013. <http://www.definitions.net/definition/vine>.


The Web's Largest Resource for

Definitions & Translations


A Member Of The STANDS4 Network


Nearby & related entries:

Alternative searches for vine: