English > vine: 1 sense > noun 1, plant| Meaning | A plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface. |
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| Narrower | Australian pea, Dipogon lignosus, Dolichos lignosus | South African evergreen partly woody vine grown for its clusters of rosy purple flowers followed by edible pods like snap beans |
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| Barbados gooseberry, Barbados-gooseberry vine, Pereskia aculeata | West Indian woody climber with spiny stems and numerous fragrant white flowers in panicles followed by small yellow to orange fruits |
| Boston ivy, Japanese ivy, Parthenocissus tricuspidata | Asiatic vine with three-lobed leaves and purple berries |
| Chinese gooseberry, kiwi, kiwi vine, Actinidia chinensis, Actinidia deliciosa | Climbing vine native to China |
| German ivy, Delairea odorata, Senecio milkanioides | South African succulent evergreen twining climber with yellow flowers grown primarily as a houseplant for its foliage |
| Japanese bittersweet, Japan bittersweet, oriental bittersweet, Celastrus orbiculatus, Celastric articulatus | Ornamental Asiatic vine with showy orange-yellow fruit with a scarlet aril |
| Nepal trumpet flower, Easter lily vine, Beaumontia grandiflora | evergreen woody twiner with large glossy leaves and showy corymbs of fragrant white trumpet-shaped flowers |
| Uruguay potato, Uruguay potato vine, Solanum commersonii | South American potato ... / potato vine |
| Virginia creeper, American ivy, woodbine, Parthenocissus quinquefolia | Common North American vine with compound leaves and bluish-black berrylike fruit |
| Western Australia coral pea, Hardenbergia comnptoniana | Vigorous climber of the forests / forests of western Australia |
| allamanda | A plant of the genus Allamanda having large showy funnel-shaped flowers in terminal cymes |
| bindweed | Any of several vines of the genera ... / genera Convolvulus and Calystegia having a twining habit |
| birthwort, Aristolochia clematitis | Creeping plant having curving flowers thought to resemble fetuses |
| bittersweet, American bittersweet, climbing bittersweet, false bittersweet, staff vine, waxwork, shrubby bittersweet, Celastrus scandens | Twining shrub of North America having yellow capsules enclosing scarlet seeds |
| black-eyed Susan, black-eyed Susan vine, Thunbergia alata | Tropical African climbing plant having yellow flowers with a dark purple center |
| black bryony, black bindweed, Tamus communis | Common European twining vine with tuberous roots and cordate leaves and red berries |
| blue pea, butterfly pea, Clitoria turnatea | vine of tropical Asia having pinnate leaves and bright blue flowers with yellow centers |
| bougainvillea | Any of several South American ornamental woody vines of the genus Bougainvillea having brilliant red or purple flower bracts |
| bower actinidia, tara vine, Actinidia arguta | Climbing Asiatic vine having long finely serrate leaves and racemes of white flowers followed by greenish-yellow edible fruit |
| bryony, briony | A vine of the genus Bryonia having large leaves and small flowers and yielding acrid juice with emetic and purgative properties |
| bullbrier, greenbrier, catbrier, horse brier, horse-brier, brier, briar, Smilax rotundifolia | A very prickly woody vine of the eastern United States growing in tangled masses having tough / tough round stems with shiny leathery leaves and small greenish flowers followed by clusters of inedible shiny black berries |
| butterfly pea, Clitoria mariana | large-flowered wild twining vine of southeastern and central United States having pale blue flowers |
| butterfly pea, Centrosema virginianum | large-flowered weakly twining or prostrate vine of New Jersey to tropical eastern North America, sometimes cultivated for its purple and white flowers |
| calabar-bean vine, Physostigma venenosum | Tropical African woody vine yielding calabar beans |
| clematis | Any of various ornamental climbing plants of the genus Clematis usually having showy flowers |
| climber | A vine or climbing plant that readily grows up a support or over other plants |
| climbing corydalis, Corydalis claviculata, Fumaria claviculata | annual vine with decompound leaves and racemes of yellow and pink flowers |
| climbing fumitory, Allegheny vine, Adlumia fungosa, Fumaria fungosa | vine with feathery leaves and white or pinkish flowers |
| climbing hempweed, climbing boneset, wild climbing hempweed, climbing hemp-vine, Mikania scandens | herb of tropical America having vanilla-scented flowers |
| cock's eggs, Salpichroa organifolia, Salpichroa rhomboidea | weedy vine of Argentina having solitary white flowers followed by egg-shaped white or yellow fruit |
| convolvulus | Any of numerous plants of the genus Convolvulus |
| coral pea | Any of various Australian climbing plants of the genus Kennedia having scarlet flowers |
| cross vine, trumpet flower, quartervine, quarter-vine, Bignonia capreolata | woody flowering vine of southern United States |
| cruel plant, Araujia sericofera | Robust twining shrub having racemes of fragrant white or pink flowers with flat spreading terminal petals that trap nocturnal moths and hold them until dawn |
| derris root, tuba root, Derris elliptica | woody vine having bright green leaves and racemes of rose-tinted white flowers |
| dichondra, Dichondra micrantha | A creeping perennial herb with hairy stems and orbicular to reniform leaves and small white to greenish flowers |
| dodder | A leafless annual parasitic vine of the genus Cuscuta having whitish or yellow filamentous stems |
| elephant's-foot, tortoise plant, Hottentot bread vine, Hottentot's bread vine, Dioscorea elephantipes | South African vine having a massive rootstock / rootstock covered with deeply fissured bark |
| evergreen bittersweet, Euonymus fortunei radicans, Euonymus radicans vegetus | Broad and bushy Asiatic twining shrub with pinkish fruit |
| everlasting pea | Any of several perennial vines of the genus Lathyrus |
| gourd, gourd vine | Any vine of the family Cucurbitaceae that bears fruits with hard rinds |
| grape, grapevine, grape vine | Any of numerous woody vines of genus Vitis bearing clusters of edible berries |
| ground ivy, alehoof, field balm, gill-over-the-ground, runaway robin, Glechoma hederaceae, Nepeta hederaceae | Trailing European aromatic plant of the mint family having rounded leaves and small purplish flowers often grown in hanging baskets |
| groundnut, groundnut vine, Indian potato, potato bean, wild bean, Apios americana, Apios tuberosa | A North American vine with fragrant blossoms and edible tubers |
| heath pea, earth-nut pea, earthnut pea, tuberous vetch, Lathyrus tuberosus | European herb bearing small tubers used for food and in Scotland to flavor whiskey |
| hog peanut, wild peanut, Amphicarpaea bracteata, Amphicarpa bracteata | vine widely distributed in eastern North America producing racemes of purple to maroon flowers and abundant (usually subterranean) edible one-seeded pods resembling peanuts |
| hop, hops | Twining perennials having cordate leaves and flowers arranged in conelike spikes |
| hoya | Any plant of the genus Hoya having fleshy leaves and usually nectariferous flowers |
| hyacinth bean, bonavist, Indian bean, Egyptian bean, Lablab purpureus, Dolichos lablab | perennial twining vine of Old World tropics having trifoliate leaves and racemes of fragrant purple pea-like flowers followed by maroon pods of edible seeds |
| ivy, common ivy, English ivy, Hedera helix | Old World vine with lobed evergreen leaves and black berrylike fruits |
| jack bean, wonder bean, giant stock bean, Canavalia ensiformis | Annual semi-erect bushy plant of tropical South America bearing long pods with white seeds grown especially for forage |
| kudzu, kudzu vine, Pueraria lobata | fast-growing vine from eastern Asia having tuberous starchy roots and hairy trifoliate leaves and racemes of purple flowers followed by long hairy pods containing many seeds |
| liana | A woody climbing usually tropical plant |
| luffa, dishcloth gourd, sponge gourd, rag gourd, strainer vine | Any of several tropical annual climbers having large yellow flowers and edible young fruits |
| moonseed | plant of the family Menispermaceae having red or black fruit with crescent- or ring-shaped seeds |
| morning glory | Any of various twining vines having funnel-shaped flowers that close late in the day |
| negro vine, Vincetoxicum hirsutum, Vincetoxicum negrum | Twining vine with hairy foliage and dark purplish-brown flowers |
| partridgeberry, boxberry, twinberry, Mitchella repens | Creeping woody plant of eastern North America with shiny evergreen leaves and scarlet berries |
| passionflower, passionflower vine | Any of various chiefly tropical American vines some bearing edible fruit |
| potato, white potato, white potato vine, Solanum tuberosum | Annual native to South America having underground stolons bearing edible starchy tubers |
| potato tree, Solanum crispum | Hardy climbing shrub of Chile grown as an ornamental for its fragrant flowers |
| potato vine, Solanum jasmoides | copiously branched vine of Brazil having deciduous leaves and white flowers tinged with blue |
| potato vine, giant potato creeper, Solanum wendlandii | vine of Costa Rica sparsely armed with hooklike spines and having large lilac-blue flowers |
| salsilla, Bomarea edulis | Tropical vine having pink-and-yellow flowers spotted purple and edible roots sometimes boiled as a potato substitute |
| salsilla, Bomarea salsilla | Tropical vine having umbels of small purple flowers and edible roots sometimes boiled as a potato substitute |
| sarsaparilla | Any of various prickly climbing plants of the tropical American genus Smilax having aromatic roots and heart-shaped leaves |
| semi-climber | A plant that tends to climb and on occasion can grow like a vine |
| silk vine, Periploca graeca | deciduous climber for arches and fences having ill-scented but interesting flowers and poisonous yellow fruits |
| silver lace vine, China fleece vine, Russian vine, Polygonum aubertii | Twining perennial vine having racemes of fragrant greenish flowers |
| silvervine, silver vine, Actinidia polygama | Ornamental vine of eastern Asia having yellow edible fruit and leaves with silver-white markings |
| silverweed | Any of various twining shrubs of the genus Argyreia having silvery leaves and showy purple flowers |
| smilax, Asparagus asparagoides | Fragile twining plant of South Africa with bright green flattened stems and glossy foliage popular as a floral decoration |
| soapberry vine | tendril-climbing vine |
| soma, haoma, Sarcostemma acidum | leafless East Indian vine |
| squash, squash vine | Any of numerous annual trailing plants of the genus Cucurbita grown for their fleshy edible fruits |
| star jasmine, confederate jasmine, Trachelospermum jasminoides | evergreen Chinese woody climber with shiny dark green leaves and intensely fragrant white flowers |
| sweet pea, sweetpea, Lathyrus odoratus | Climbing garden plant having fragrant pastel-colored flowers |
| sword bean, Canavalia gladiata | Twining tropical Old World plant bearing long pods usually with red or brown beans |
| true pepper, pepper vine | Any of various shrubby vines of the genus Piper |
| vetchling | Any of various small plants of the genus Lathyrus |
| wild potato, Solanum jamesii | Erect or spreading perennial of southwestern United States and Mexico bearing small pale brown to cream-colored tubers resembling potatoes |
| wild yam, Dioscorea paniculata | Having a rhizome formerly dried and used to treat rheumatism / rheumatism or liver disorders |
| winged bean, winged pea, goa bean, goa bean vine, Manila bean, Psophocarpus tetragonolobus | A tuberous twining annual vine bearing clusters of purplish flowers and pods with four jagged wings |
| wisteria, wistaria | Any flowering vine of the genus Wisteria |
| yam, yam plant | Any of a number of tropical vines of the genus Dioscorea many having edible tuberous roots |
| yam bean, Pachyrhizus erosus | Central American twining plant with edible roots and pods |
| yam bean, potato bean, Pachyrhizus tuberosus | Twining plant of Amazon basin having large edible roots |
| yellow jasmine, yellow jessamine, Carolina jasmine, evening trumpet flower, Gelsemium sempervirens | poisonous woody evergreen vine of southeastern United States having fragrant yellow funnel-shaped flowers |
| Broader | vascular plant, tracheophyte | green plant having a vascular system |
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| Spanish | enredadera, planta trepadora, trepadora, vid |
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| Catalan | parra, planta enfiladissa, vinya |
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