any plant having a long, slender stem that trails or creeps on the ground or climbs by winding itself about a support or holding fast with tendrils or claspers.
2.
the stem of any such plant.
3.
a grape plant.
Origin: 1250–1300; ME < OF vi(g)ne < L vīnea vine(yard), equiv. to vīn(um) wine+ -ea, fem. of -eus-eous
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