love vine


noun

Origin of love vine

1
An Americanism dating back to 1825–35

Words Nearby love vine

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How to use love vine in a sentence

  • The rocks were covered with gray-green feathery creepers, enwound with curly yellow tendrils of love-vine.

    The Valiants of Virginia | Hallie Erminie Rives
  • The dust rose behind the carriage, then sank upon and further whitened the milkweed and the love vine and the papaw bushes.

    Lewis Rand | Mary Johnston
  • Followed by Young isham, Rand travelled on by the dusty road, between the parching elder and ironweed, blackberry and love vine.

    Lewis Rand | Mary Johnston
  • Thus the dodder or "love vine," which so often ruins the clover crop, has seeds closely resembling clover seeds.

    Agriculture for Beginners | Charles William Burkett