[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

vine \vine\, n. f. vigne, l. vinea a vineyard, vine from vineus
   of or belonging to wine, vinum wine, grapes. see wine, and
   cf. vignette. bot.
      a any woody climbing plant which bears grapes.
      b hence, a climbing or trailing plant; the long, slender
          stem of any plant that trails on the ground, or climbs
          by winding round a fixed object, or by seizing
          anything with its tendrils, or claspers; a creeper;
          as, the hop vine; the bean vine; the vines of melons,
          squashes, pumpkins, and other cucurbitaceous plants.
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                there shall be no grapes on the vine. --jer.
                                                  viii. 13.
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                and one went out into the field to gather herbs,
                and found a wild vine, and gathered thereof wild
                gourds.                           --2 kings iv.
                                                  89.
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   vine apple bot., a small kind of squash. --roger
      williams.

   vine beetle zool., any one of several species of beetles
      which are injurious to the leaves or branches of the
      grapevine. among the more important species are the
      grapevine fidia see fidia, the spotted pelidnota
      pelidnota punctata see rutilian, the vine
      fleabeetle graptodera chalybea, the rose beetle see
      under rose, the vine weevil, and several species of
      colaspis and anomala.

   vine borer. zool.
      a any one of several species of beetles whose larvae
          bore in the wood or pith of the grapevine, especially
          sinoxylon basilare, a small species the larva of
          which bores in the stems, and ampeloglypter
          sesostris, a small reddish brown weevil called also
          vine weevil, which produces knotlike galls on the
          branches.
      b a clearwing moth aegeria polistiformis, whose
          larva bores in the roots of the grapevine and is often
          destructive.

   vine dragon, an old and fruitless branch of a vine. obs.
      --holland.

   vine forester zool., any one of several species of moths
      belonging to alypia and allied genera, whose larvae feed
      on the leaves of the grapevine.

   vine fretter zool., a plant louse, esp. the phylloxera
      that injuries the grapevine.

   vine grub zool., any one of numerous species of insect
      larvae that are injurious to the grapevine.

   vine hopper zool., any one of several species of leaf
      hoppers which suck the sap of the grapevine, especially
      erythroneura vitis. see illust. of grape hopper, under
      grape.

   vine inchworm zool., the larva of any species of
      geometrid moths which feed on the leaves of the grapevine,
      especially cidaria diversilineata.

   vine-leaf rooer zool., a small moth desmia maculalis
      whose larva makes a nest by rolling up the leaves of the
      grapevine. the moth is brownish black, spotted with white.
      

   vine louse zool., the phylloxera.

   vine mildew bot., a fungous growth which forms a white,
      delicate, cottony layer upon the leaves, young shoots, and
      fruit of the vine, causing brown spots upon the green
      parts, and finally a hardening and destruction of the
      vitality of the surface. the plant has been called oidium
      tuckeri, but is now thought to be the conidia-producing
      stage of an erysiphe.

   vine of sodom bot., a plant named in the bible --deut.
      xxxii. 32, now thought to be identical with the apple of
      sodom. see apple of sodom, under apple.

   vine sawfly zool., a small black sawfiy selandria
      vitis whose larva feeds upon the leaves of the
      grapevine. the larvae stand side by side in clusters while
      feeding.

   vine slug zool., the larva of the vine sawfly.

   vine sorrel bot., a climbing plant cissus acida
      related to the grapevine, and having acid leaves. it is
      found in florida and the west indies.

   vine sphinx zool., any one of several species of hawk
      moths. the larvae feed on grapevine leaves.

   vine weevil. zool. see vine borer
      a above, and wound gall, under wound.
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see also:
wine vignette vine apple vine beetle fidia pelidnota punctata 
rutilian graptodera chalybea rose colaspis anomala 
vine borer sinoxylon basilare ampeloglypter sesostris vine weevil aegeria polistiformis 
vine dragon vine forester alypia vine fretter vine grub 
vine hopper erythroneura vitis grape hopper grape vine inchworm 
cidaria diversilineata vine-leaf rooer desmia maculalis vine louse vine mildew 
oidium tuckeri erysiphe vine of sodom apple of sodom apple 
vine sawfly selandria vitis vine slug vine sorrel cissus acida 
vine sphinx vine weevil wound gall wound 

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