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pea-vine U.S.
[f. pea1 + vine.]
1. a. The ‘vine’, or climbing stem, with its foliage, of the pea-plant, or of any plant called ‘pea’. b. Name for two leguminous plants: (a) the Hog-peanut (see hog n.1 13 d); (b) an American vetch, Vicia americana, a valuable fodder plant.
1675J. Fenwick in Pennsylvania Mag. Hist. & Biogr. (1882) VI. 89 You have Grass as high as a Man's Knees..interlac'd with Pea-Vines, and other Weeds that Cattel much delight in. 1766J. Bartram Jrnl. 6 Jan. in W. Stork Acc. E. Florida 25 The last frost killed the..pea-vines, sun-flowers, [etc.]. 1835W. Irving Tour Prairies 47 The horses banqueted luxuriantly on the pea-vine. 1841Catlin N. Amer. Ind. (1844) II. xxxiii. 17 The grass is filled with wild pea-vines. 1880Harper's Mag. June 23/1 A search was instituted—under the bed, in the bed,..behind the wood-pile and in the pea-vines. 1910Chambers's Jrnl. June 364/1 A little beetle has climbed up the pea-vine and laid its eggs in the pod. 1973R. D. Symons Where Wagon Led vi. xvii. 271 Both horses and cattle thrived on the good grass and plentiful pea vine.
2. pea-vine hay, the dried stalks and foliage of a pea-vine.
1846V. Aimé Plantation Diary (1878) 111 Peavine hay is excellent this year, the vine being still green and juicy. 1860Southern Cultivator XVIII. 211 A little corn with Pea Vine Hay will keep them fat. 1932W. Kelley Inchin' Along 55 Everybody knows there is nothing a mule likes better than pea-vine hay with the peas left on. |