love vine

noun

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An Americanism dating back to 1825–35

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The rocks were covered with gray-green feathery creepers, enwound with curly yellow tendrils of love-vine.

The dust rose behind the carriage, then sank upon and further whitened the milkweed and the love vine and the papaw bushes.

Followed by Young isham, Rand travelled on by the dusty road, between the parching elder and ironweed, blackberry and love vine.

Thus the dodder or "love vine," which so often ruins the clover crop, has seeds closely resembling clover seeds.

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