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

[Alteration of BIND, vine.]


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

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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

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Bine can mean any of the following:

  • Bine (mythology), a guardian of hell in Akkadian mythology, comparable with Cerberus from Greek mythology
  • Binə, Baku, Azerbaijan
  • Binə, Khojavend, Azerbaijan
  • 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

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