noun
-
any plant having a long, slender stem that trails or creeps on the ground or climbs by winding itself about a support or holding fast with tendrils or claspers; a vine; a creeper.
-
(gen. ) a tender plant or tender part of a plant.
-
a branch of a tree, shrub, etc.
-
the grass Setaria italica ( = Panicum italicum) of Poaceae family.
-
another grass Panicum dactylon of the same family.
-
the vine Cardiospermum halicacabum of Sapindaceae family; heart pea.
-
the plant Capparis brevispina of Capparaceae family.
-
the plant Trigonella corniculata of Papilionaceae family.
-
(jain.) a very long period (as an age or era).
-
(dance.) the posture in which one arm is stretched straight and the hand is drooped loosely(?).