■ noun
1》 a climbing or trailing woody-stemmed plant related to the grape~. [ Vitis and other genera.]
↘used in names of climbing or trailing plants of other families, e.g. Russian ~ .
2》 the slender stem of a trailing or climbing plant.
Derivatives
viny adjective
Origin
ME: from OFr., from L. ~a '~yard, ~', from vinum 'wine'.