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bine

  (bīn)

The flexible twining or climbing stem of certain plants, such as the hop, woodbine, or bindweed.

[Alteration of BIND, vine.]

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noun

A young stemlike growth arising from a plant: offshoot, runner, shoot, sprig, sprout, tendril. See kin.

The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: European twining plant whose flowers are used chiefly to flavor malt liquors; cultivated in America
  Synonyms: common hop, common hops, European hop, Humulus lupulus

Bine can mean any of the following:

• Bine (mythology), a guardian of hell in Akkadian mythology, comparable with Cerberus from Greek mythology.
• Bine (language), one of the many languages spoken by the various indigenous peoples in Papua New Guinea.
• bine (botany), describes climbing plants that use stiff downward-facing hairs used for stability.
• Bine (cigarette), a common name for a cigarette in the north west mostly by them boys.
• Bine (Language,expression), It means "Good" or "Well" in Romanian language. as in "Bine zis"- "Well Said!"

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