snake vine
English
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Noun
[edit]snake vine (plural snake vines)
- Any of a number of vines, including:
- A flowering vine grown ornamentally, Hibbertia scandens
- (Australia) Tinospora smilacina
- (Australia) Kennedia nigricans
- (Australia) Cynanchum viminale subsp. australe
- (US) false Solomon's seal, Maianthemum racemosum
- Aristolochia fragrantissima
- Stephania japonica
Usage notes
[edit]- Used in fiction as a name for various invented types of vines, especially those imagined to be capable of movement.
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