bine
Americannoun
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the climbing or twining stem of any of various plants, such as the woodbine or bindweed
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any plant with such a stem
Etymology
Origin of bine
First recorded in 1720–30; variant of bind
Example Sentences
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Some breweries will use hops straight off the bine for a beer known as a harvest, or wet hop brew.
From Washington Times • Apr. 24, 2021
While the brewers can use pelletized hops year-round, now is the season where they can actually get them fresh off the bine - which was what both Upland and Dean prefer.
From Washington Times • Sep. 23, 2017
While the brewers can use pelletized hops year-round, now is the season where they can actually get them fresh off the bine — which was what both Upland and Dean prefer.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 22, 2017
Biggest of the builders is Milan's Impregilo, which is a permanent com bine of three firms.
From Time Magazine Archive
An idea long persisted among hop-growers that nitrate of soda was an unsafe manure for hops, being likely to produce rank growth of bine at the expense of quality and even quantity of hops.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" by Various
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