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

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 Darwin, Charles

If a kink or a crossing of two plants or branches of the twiner results in a complete horizontal ring, the results are as in the above cases of ringing and strangulation.

From Disease in Plants by Ward, H. Marshall

Early flowering China and Japan Stauntonia hexaphylla Evergreen twiner 20 ft.

From Trees and Shrubs for English Gardens by Cook, Ernest Thomas

A small but very attractive twiner, useful for thickets and small arbors.

From Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) by Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde)