vimen

American

[vahy-muhn] / ˈvaɪ mən /

noun

Botany.

a long, flexible shoot of a plant.

vimen British

/ ˈvaɪmɛn /

noun

rare botany a long flexible shoot that occurs in certain plants

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

viminal

adjective

Inflected Forms

Nouns

vimina

plural

Etymology

Origin of vimen

From the Latin word vīmen osier, withe, twig

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vimen

It was rare fun to see him stamping and raving about the room, and vishing all the vimen in the vorld at the devil.

From The Monctons: A Novel, Volume I by Moodie, Susanna

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