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bine"climbing stem, flexible shoot of a shrub," 1727, from a dialectal form of bind (n.).
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bineA climbing plant that climbs by its shoots, growing in a helix around a support. It is distinct from a vine (which climbs using tendrils or suckers,) in that the stems of bines are rough or have downward-pointing bristles to aid their climbing. Some bines always turn clockwise and others counterclockwise.
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bine(n) European twining plant whose flowers are used chiefly to flavor malt liquors; cultivated in America
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bineShort form of Sabine and other names ending in bine.
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bineDiminutive of Albin.
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