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vine

Syllabification: (vine)
Pronunciation: /vīn/
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Definition of vine

noun

  • 1a climbing or trailing woody-stemmed plant of the grape family.
    • Vitis and other genera, family Vitaceae
  • used in names of climbing or trailing plants of other families, e.g., potato vine.
  • the slender stem of a trailing or climbing plant.
  • 2 (vines) US informal clothes:the hip got their vines at Wolmuth’s on Market Street

Derivatives

viny

adjective

Origin:

Middle English: from Old French, from Latin vinea 'vineyard, vine', from vinum 'wine'

vine in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of vine in the British & World English dictionary