leaf-climber

British  

noun

1. a plant that climbs by using leaves specialized as tendrils

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Example Sentences

Has, for instance, any tendril- bearing plant assumed its present structure without having previously existed as a leaf-climber or a twiner?

From The Movements and Habits of Climbing Plants by Darwin, Charles

We have seen in the Table in the first chapter that Mikania scandens is a regular twiner, and F. Muller informs me that in S. Brazil there is another species which is a leaf-climber.

From The Movements and Habits of Climbing Plants by Darwin, Charles

Lastly, a species of Bignonia is at the same time both a leaf-climber and a tendril-bearer; and other closely allied species are twiners.

From The Movements and Habits of Climbing Plants by Darwin, Charles

SOLANACEAE.—Solanum jasminoides.—Some of the species in this large genus are twiners; but the present species is a true leaf-climber.

From The Movements and Habits of Climbing Plants by Darwin, Charles

I want it fearfully, for it is a leaf-climber, and therefore sacred.

From More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 by Darwin, Francis, Sir