VINED
Etymology
Adjective
vined (not comparable)
Having leaves like those of the vine; ornamented with vine leaves.
Anagrams
• Devin
Source: Wiktionary
Vined, a.
Definition: Having leaves like those of the vine; ornamented with vine
leaves. "Vined and figured columns." Sir H. Wotton.
VINE
Vine, n. Etym: [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.
There shall be no grapes on the vine. Jer. viii. 13.
And one went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild
vine, and gathered thereof wild gourds. 2 Kings iv. 89.
Vine apple (Bot.), a small kind of squash. Roger Williams.
– Vine beetle (Zoöl.), 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 (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. (Zoöl.) (a) Any one of several species of beetles
whose larvæ 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 (Ægeria 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 (Zoöl.), any one of several species of moths
belonging to Alypia and allied genera, whose larvæ feed on the leaves
of the grapevine.
– Vine fretter (Zoöl.), a plant louse, esp. the phylloxera that
injuries the grapevine.
– Vine grub (Zoöl.), any one of numerous species of insect larvæ
that are injurious to the grapevine.
– Vine hopper (Zoöl.), 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 (Zoöl.), the larva of any species of geometrid
moths which feed on the leaves of the grapevine, especially Cidaria
diversilineata.
– Vine-leaf rooer (Zoöl.), 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 (Zoöl.), 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 (Zoöl.), a small black sawfiy (Selandria vitis) whose
larva feeds upon the leaves of the grapevine. The larvæ stand side by
side in clusters while feeding.
– Vine slug (Zoöl.), 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 (Zoöl.), any one of several species of hawk moths.
The larvæ feed on grapevine leaves.
– Vine weevil. (Zoöl.) See Vine borer (a) above, and Wound gall,
under Wound.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition