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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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