\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.
             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} (Zo["o]l.), 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}. (Zo["o]l.)
   (a) Any one of several species of beetles whose larv[ae]
       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 ({[AE]geria 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} (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of
   moths belonging to {Alypia} and allied genera, whose
   larv[ae] feed on the leaves of the grapevine.
{Vine fretter} (Zo["o]l.), a plant louse, esp. the phylloxera
   that injuries the grapevine.
{Vine grub} (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of insect
   larv[ae] that are injurious to the grapevine.
{Vine hopper} (Zo["o]l.), 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} (Zo["o]l.), the larva of any species of
   geometrid moths which feed on the leaves of the grapevine,
   especially {Cidaria diversilineata}.
{Vine-leaf rooer} (Zo["o]l.), 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} (Zo["o]l.), 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} (Zo["o]l.), a small black sawfiy ({Selandria
   vitis}) whose larva feeds upon the leaves of the
   grapevine. The larv[ae] stand side by side in clusters
   while feeding.
{Vine slug} (Zo["o]l.), 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} (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of hawk
   moths. The larv[ae] feed on grapevine leaves.
{Vine weevil}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Vine borer}
   (a) above, and {Wound gall}, under {Wound}.