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bine

[bahyn]
–noun
1. a twining plant stem, as of the hop.
2. any bindweed.
3. woodbine (defs. 1, 2).

Origin:
1720–30; var. of bind
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bine   (bīn)   
n.  The flexible twining or climbing stem of certain plants, such as the hop, woodbine, or bindweed.

[Alteration of bind, vine.]
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