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Added 9 October 2026

vine

/ˈvaɪ̯n/ noun

In Latin: vitis Wiktionary

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Any plant whose stem requires support and which climbs by tendrils or twining.
Any plant the stem of which creeps along the ground.
A stem of such plants, especially when thick and rope-like; a liana.

Origin

From Middle English vyne, from Anglo-Norman vigne, from Vulgar Latin vīnia, from Latin vīnea (“vines in a vineyard”), from vīneus (“related to wine”), from vīnum (“wine”), from Proto-Italic *wīnom, from Proto-Indo-European *wóyh₁nom (“vine, wine”), from *weh₁y- (“to twist, wrap”). Doublet of wine.

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