twining-stem

  • 101Matelea parvifolia — Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Eudicots …

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  • 102Microloma — tenuifolium inflorescence. Scientific classification Kingdom …

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  • 103bine — [[t]baɪn[/t]] n. 1) pln a twining plant stem, as of the hop or bindweed 2) pln woodbine • Etymology: 1720–30; alter. of bind …

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  • 104bine — I. /baɪn/ (say buyn) noun 1. a twining plant stem, as of the hop. 2. any bindweed. 3. → woodbine1 (defs 1 and 2). {variant of bind} II. /baɪn/ (say buyn) noun Chiefly WA Colloquial → woodbine2 …

  • 105dheu-4, dheu̯ǝ- (dhu̯ē-, extended dhuē̯ -k-, dhuē̯ -̆ s-) —     dheu 4, dheu̯ǝ (dhu̯ē , extended dhuē̯ k , dhuē̯ ̆ s )     English meaning: to reel, dissipate, blow, *smoke, dark, gray, deep etc.     Deutsche Übersetzung: ‘stieben, wirbeln, especially von Staub, Rauch, Dampf; wehen, blow, Hauch, Atem;… …

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  • 106runner — [run′ər] n. [ME renner] 1. a person, animal, or thing that runs; specif., a) a racer ☆ b) Baseball BASE RUNNER ☆ c) Football a player running with the ball 2. a person who runs errands, carries messages, etc., as for a bank or brokerage house …

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  • 107Periploca — noun genus of woody vines of warm regions of the Old World • Syn: ↑genus Periploca • Hypernyms: ↑dicot genus, ↑magnoliopsid genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Asclepiadaceae, ↑family Asclepiadaceae, ↑ …

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  • 108wax gourd — noun 1. : a tropical Asiatic twining plant (Benincasa hispida) 2. : the edible fruit of the wax gourd resembling a pumpkin and having a waxy pulverulent coat * * * 1. a tropical Asian vine, Benincasa hispida, of the gourd family, having a brown,… …

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