bine
/bain/
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Definition
- Noun:
- A European twining plant whose flowers are used chiefly to flavor malt liquors; cultivated in America. This refers specifically to the common hop plant (Humulus lupulus), a climbing vine whose dried female flowers (cones) are used to flavor beer.
Usage
- The word "bine" is a specialized botanical term. It is most commonly used in the context of brewing, botany, or horticulture to refer to the hop plant or its flexible, twining stem.
- It is not a common word in everyday conversation.
Examples
- Noun:
- The farmer cultivated bine for the local brewery.
- Unlike a vine that uses tendrils, a bine climbs by wrapping its stem around a support.
Advanced Usage
- "Hop bine": This is a common compound term specifying the plant. While "bine" alone can refer to the hop plant, "hop bine" is often used for clarity.
- The hop bines were trained to grow up strings in the hopyard.
Variants and Related Words
- Bine can also refer more generally to a twining stem of a climbing plant, especially one that climbs by its stem (like hops or bindweed), as opposed to a "vine" which may use tendrils or other means.
- Hop (n): The common name for the plant or its flowers used in brewing.
- Bindweed (n): A common name for plants in the family, which are also climbing bines.
Synonyms
- Hop plant
- Hop vine (common, though technically a bine)
- Humulus lupulus (scientific name)
Notes
- The word "bine" is a homograph. It is also an archaic or dialectal variant of "bind," but this usage is extremely rare in modern English. The primary contemporary meaning is the one defined above.
- Do not confuse with "vine." While all bines are climbing plants, not all climbing plants (vines) are bines. Bines climb by wrapping their main stem.
Noun
- European twining plant whose flowers are used chiefly to flavor malt liquors; cultivated in America