love vine

noun

1. dodder ².

Word History and Origins

Origin of love vine¹

An Americanism dating back to 1825–35

Example Sentences

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

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

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

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

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