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grapevine

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grapevine
1. any of several vitaceous vines of the genus Vitis, esp V. vinifera of E Asia, widely cultivated for its fruit (grapes): family Vitaceae
2. a wrestling hold in which a wrestler entwines his own leg around his opponent's and exerts pressure against various joints
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I dried myself in the sun, and dressed slowly, reluctant to leave that green enclosure where the sunlight flickered so bright through the grapevine leaves and the woodpecker hammered away in the crooked elm that trailed out over the water.
My Antonia by Cather, Willa View in context
A fine house was built there, with large windows, and smooth white walls; but before it, where the old house had in fact stood, was a little garden laid out, and a wild grapevine ran up the wall of the neighboring house.
Andersen's Fairy Tales by Andersen, Hans Christian View in context
One day it was a grapevine, and another day it was a boiler, and another day it was the key of the front-parlour closet at the bottom of the water-butt, and so on through a hundred items.
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby by Dickens, Charles View in context
 
 
 
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