bine

bine

B0257200 (bīn)n. The flexible twining or climbing stem of certain plants, such as the hop, woodbine, or bindweed.

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[Alteration of bind, vine.]

bine

(baɪn) n1. (Botany) the climbing or twining stem of any of various plants, such as the woodbine or bindweed2. (Botany) any plant with such a stem[C19: variant of bind]

bine

(baɪn)

n. 1. a twining plant stem, as of the hop or bindweed. 2. woodbine. [1720–30; alter. of bind]

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bine - European twining plant whose flowers are used chiefly to flavor malt liquors; cultivated in Americacommon hop, common hops, European hop, Humulus lupulushops, hop - twining perennials having cordate leaves and flowers arranged in conelike spikes; the dried flowers of this plant are used in brewing to add the characteristic bitter taste to beer

bine

nounA young stemlike growth arising from a plant:offshoot, runner, shoot, sprig, sprout, tendril.