lawyer vine
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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In some places the jungle comes down to the water's edge, the long antennae of the lawyer vine toying with the rod-like aerial roots of the mangrove.
From Confessions of a Beachcomber by Banfield, E. J. (Edmund James)
Ranges and ravines clothed with an almost impenetrable jungle, which was infested with the venomous leaves of the stinging tree and the hooked spikes of the lawyer vine, confronted them.
From The Explorers of Australia and their Life-work by Favenc, Ernest
One of our most provoking enemies was the lawyer vine, a kind of rattan enclosed in a rough husk, covered with thousands of crooked prickles.
From Australian Search Party by Bates, Henry Walter
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