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Универсальный англо-русский словарь. Академик.ру. 2011.
twining plant
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twining plant — noun One that climbs by twining its stem round a support • • • Main Entry: ↑twine … Useful english dictionary
Twining — may refer to:In places: *Twining, Michigan, USA *Twining (neighborhood), in Washington, D.C., USAOther: *a type of basket weaving *plants growing upwards by revolving around and leaning on a supporting structure. They are neither climbing, nor… … Wikipedia
Twining — Twin ing, a. Winding around something; twisting; embracing; climbing by winding about a support; as, the hop is a twinning plant. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
twining — adj. winding around something; twisting; that climbs spirally (Botany) twaɪn n. strong thread or string made of twisted strands; twist; twisted object; act of twisting v. twist strands together; interweave, wind around something (for example in… … English contemporary dictionary
Elizabeth Twining — (1805 1889) was an English botanical illustrator.Biography and drawingElizabeth was born in 1805 into the Twinings tea merchant family, one of the nine children of Richard Twining and his wife Elizabeth Mary Smythies. Raised in a privileged area… … Wikipedia
common bean plant — noun the common annual twining or bushy bean plant grown for its edible seeds or pods • Syn: ↑common bean, ↑Phaseolus vulgaris • Hypernyms: ↑bush bean • Hyponyms: ↑kidney bean, ↑frijol, ↑fr … Useful english dictionary
cruel plant — noun robust twining shrub having racemes of fragrant white or pink flowers with flat spreading terminal petals that trap nocturnal moths and hold them until dawn • Syn: ↑Araujia sericofera • Hypernyms: ↑vine • Member Holonyms: ↑Araujia, ↑genus… … Useful english dictionary
yellow twining snapdragon — noun southwestern United States plant with yellow flowers on stems that twist and twine through other vegetation • Syn: ↑Antirrhinum filipes • Hypernyms: ↑snapdragon … Useful english dictionary
Loasaceae — ▪ plant family mostly tropical American plant family of 14 genera and 265 species of the dogwood order (Cornales), many with painfully stinging hairs but beautiful and often bizarre flowers in red, orange, yellow, or white. The plants are… … Universalium
hop — hop1 hoppingly, adv. /hop/, v., hopped, hopping, n. v.i. 1. to make a short, bouncing leap; move by leaping with all feet off the ground. 2. to spring or leap on one foot. 3. Informal. to make a short, quick trip, esp. in an airplane: He hopped… … Universalium
yam bean — noun 1. Central American twining plant with edible roots and pods; large tubers are eaten raw or cooked especially when young and young pods must be thoroughly cooked; pods and seeds also yield rotenone and oils • Syn: ↑Pachyrhizus erosus •… … Useful english dictionary
