water vinen.

Brit.

/ˈwɔːtə vʌɪn/, U.S.

/ˈwɔdər ˌvaɪn/,

/ˈwɑdər ˌvaɪn/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: water n., vine n.

Etymology: < water n. + vine n. Compare earlier water withe n. at water n. Compounds 10.

Any of various tropical climbing plants whose stems contain a copious and potentially drinkable watery sap, including some true vines (genus Vitis) and members of the genera Tetracera (family Dilleniaceae: West Africa), Doliocarpus (family Dilleniaceae: tropical America), Phytocrene (family Icacinaceae: South-East Asia), and Cissus (family Vitaceae: Australasia). Cf. water tree n. 2, water withe n. at water n. Compounds 10.

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > climbing or creeping plants > non-British climbing or creeping plants > [noun] > American or West Indian

water withy1559

West Indian China-root1577

savannah flower1696

water withe1696

Spanish woodbine1731

potato vine1750

Indian grass1753

seven-year vine1756

tropaeolum1759

woodbine1760

water vine1774

canariensis1835

Philodendron1840

Monstera1858

twig-climber1900

money bush1924

potato creeper1925

sweetheart plant1963

the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > climbing, trailing, or creeping shrubs > [noun] > non-British

Paullinia1753

Pothos1754

corchorus1759

water vine1774

cobaea1805

bush-rope1814

combretum1819

kerria1823

pishamin1826

guarana1838

stephanotis1843

lapageria1849

pear-withe1864

waw-waw1864

Bougainvillaea1866

pyxie1882

pine-barren beauty1883

Madagascar jasmine1884

streptosolen1938

the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > climbing or creeping plants > non-British climbing or creeping plants > [noun] > African

monkey-rope1827

water vine1829

1774 E. Long Hist. Jamaica III. p. vii The plantane, the palma Christi, trumpet-tree, water-vines, withes, and gourds..seem to love these humble scites.

1829 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Plants 456 The celebrated water vine of Sierra Leone is a species of Tetracera.

1846 J. Lindley Veg. Kingdom 271 In the [Burmese] province of Martaban, Dr. Wallich found his Water Vine (Phytocrene) whose singular soft and porous wood discharges when wounded a very large quantity of pure and tasteless fluid, which is quite wholesome, and drunk by the natives.

1864 A. H. R. Grisebach Flora Brit. W. Indian Islands 788 Water-vine, Doliocarpus Calinea.

1871 C. Kingsley At Last II. xi. 105 We cut a water-vine, and had a long cool drink.

1937 C. V. Wiser in Ann. Missouri Bot. Garden 42 (1955) 317 [In a North Indian village] water-bearers collect generous quantities of water chestnuts and seeds of phapola, a water vine, from nearby ponds.

1965 Austral. Encycl. IX. 209 Water-vine, a name given to several large vines in the rainforests of eastern Australia.

2010 Condé Nast Traveller Mar. 106 Just beyond the water vine I spy a manicole palm.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	water vine
释义	water vinen. Brit. /ˈwɔːtə vʌɪn/, U.S. /ˈwɔdər ˌvaɪn/, /ˈwɑdər ˌvaɪn/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: water n., vine n. Etymology: < water n. + vine n. Compare earlier water withe n. at water n. Compounds 10. Any of various tropical climbing plants whose stems contain a copious and potentially drinkable watery sap, including some true vines (genus Vitis) and members of the genera Tetracera (family Dilleniaceae: West Africa), Doliocarpus (family Dilleniaceae: tropical America), Phytocrene (family Icacinaceae: South-East Asia), and Cissus (family Vitaceae: Australasia). Cf. water tree n. 2, water withe n. at water n. Compounds 10. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > climbing or creeping plants > non-British climbing or creeping plants > [noun] > American or West Indian water withy1559 West Indian China-root1577 savannah flower1696 water withe1696 Spanish woodbine1731 potato vine1750 Indian grass1753 seven-year vine1756 tropaeolum1759 woodbine1760 water vine1774 canariensis1835 Philodendron1840 Monstera1858 twig-climber1900 money bush1924 potato creeper1925 sweetheart plant1963 the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > climbing, trailing, or creeping shrubs > [noun] > non-British Paullinia1753 Pothos1754 corchorus1759 water vine1774 cobaea1805 bush-rope1814 combretum1819 kerria1823 pishamin1826 guarana1838 stephanotis1843 lapageria1849 pear-withe1864 waw-waw1864 Bougainvillaea1866 pyxie1882 pine-barren beauty1883 Madagascar jasmine1884 streptosolen1938 the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > climbing or creeping plants > non-British climbing or creeping plants > [noun] > African monkey-rope1827 water vine1829 1774 E. Long Hist. Jamaica III. p. vii The plantane, the palma Christi, trumpet-tree, water-vines, withes, and gourds..seem to love these humble scites. 1829 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Plants 456 The celebrated water vine of Sierra Leone is a species of Tetracera. 1846 J. Lindley Veg. Kingdom 271 In the [Burmese] province of Martaban, Dr. Wallich found his Water Vine (Phytocrene) whose singular soft and porous wood discharges when wounded a very large quantity of pure and tasteless fluid, which is quite wholesome, and drunk by the natives. 1864 A. H. R. Grisebach Flora Brit. W. Indian Islands 788 Water-vine, Doliocarpus Calinea. 1871 C. Kingsley At Last II. xi. 105 We cut a water-vine, and had a long cool drink. 1937 C. V. Wiser in Ann. Missouri Bot. Garden 42 (1955) 317 [In a North Indian village] water-bearers collect generous quantities of water chestnuts and seeds of phapola, a water vine, from nearby ponds. 1965 Austral. Encycl. IX. 209 Water-vine, a name given to several large vines in the rainforests of eastern Australia. 2010 Condé Nast Traveller Mar. 106 Just beyond the water vine I spy a manicole palm. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1774
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