| vine | <botany> Any woody climbing plant which bears grapes. Hence, a climbing or trailing plant; the long, slender stem of any plant that trails on the ground, or climbs by winding round a fixed object, or by seizing anything with its tendrils, or claspers; a creeper; as, the hop vine; the bean vine; the vines of melons, squashes, pumpkins, and other cucurbitaceous plants. "There shall be no grapes on the vine." (Jer. Viii. 13) "And one went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine, and gathered thereof wild gourds." (2 Kings iv. <botany> 89) Vine apple See Vine borer above, and Wound gall, under Wound. Origin: F. Vigne, L. Vinea a vineyard, vine from vineus of or belonging to wine, vinum wine, grapes. See Wine, and cf. Vignette. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| Vineberg procedure | Implantation of the internal mammary artery into the myocardium to improve blood flow to the heart. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Vineberg, Arthur | <person> Canadian thoracic surgeon, *1903. See: Vineberg procedure. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vinegar | 1. A sour liquid used as a condiment, or as a preservative, and obtained by the spontaneous (acetous) fermentation, or by the artificial oxidation, of wine, cider, beer, or the like. The characteristic sourness of vinegar is due to acetic acid, of which it contains from three to five per cent. Wine vinegar contains also tartaric acid, citric acid, etc. 2. Hence, anything sour; used also metaphorically. "Here's the challenge: . . . I warrant there's vinegar and pepper in't." (Shak) Aromatic vinegar, strong acetic acid highly flavored with aromatic substances. Mother of vinegar. See 4th Mother. Radical vinegar, acetic acid. Thieves' vinegar. See Thief. <chemistry> Vinegar eel, a fanciful name of an apparatus designed to oxidize alcohol to acetic acid by means of platinum. Vinegar plant. See 4th Mother. <botany> Vinegar tree, the stag-horn sumac (Rhus typhina), whose acid berries have been used to intensify the sourness of vinegar. Wood vinegar. See Wood. Origin: OE. Vinegre, F. Vinaigre; vin wine (L. Vinum) + aigre sour. See Wine, and Eager. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| vineyard | An inclosure or yard for grapevines; a plantation of vines producing grapes. Origin: For OE. Winyard, AS. Wingeard; influenced by E. Vine. See Wine, and Yard an inclosure. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| ab er-de-vine | <ornithology> The European siskin (Carduelis spinus), a small green and yellow finch, related to the goldfinch. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| water vine | <botany> Any plant of the genus Phytocrene, climbing shrubs of Asia and Africa, the stems of which are singularly porous, and when cut stream with a limpid potable juice. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |