twine
noun
a strong thread or string composed of two or more strands twisted together.
twiner
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a word derived from
twine.
Example Sentences
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“Stonecutter! This one’s more fit to become a ratcatcher or a twiner of flower wreaths. Well, come along, come along.”
From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
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 Charles Darwin
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 Charles Darwin
Early flowering China and Japan Stauntonia hexaphylla Evergreen twiner 20 ft.
From Trees and Shrubs for English Gardens by Ernest Thomas Cook
CLEMATIS.—C. glandulosa.—The thin upper internodes revolve, moving against the course of the sun, precisely like those of a true twiner, at an average rate, judging from three revolutions, of 3 hrs.
From The Movements and Habits of Climbing Plants by Charles Darwin
