rank
Definitions of rank
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a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surfacetypes:kolokwintany vine of the family Cucurbitaceae that bears fruits with hard rindsheggenrank, heggeranka vine of the genus Bryonia having large leaves and small flowers and yielding acrid juice with emetic and purgative propertieswindeany of numerous plants of the genus Convolvulusdagbloemany of various twining vines having funnel-shaped flowers that close late in the dayhondsdraftrailing European aromatic plant of the mint family having rounded leaves and small purplish flowers often grown in hanging baskets; naturalized in North America; sometimes placed in genus Nepetaaardappel, aardbei, pieperannual native to South America having underground stolons bearing edible starchy tubers; widely cultivated as a garden vegetable; vines are poisonousleiplanta vine or climbing plant that readily grows up a support or over other plantsdruif, druivelaar, fluistercampagne, geruchtenmolen, roddelcircuit, wijndruif, wijnstok, wingerdany of numerous woody vines of genus Vitis bearing clusters of edible berriespompoena coarse vine widely cultivated for its large pulpy round orange fruit with firm orange skin and numerous seeds; subspecies of Cucurbita pepo include the summer squashes and a few autumn squashesmeloenany of various fruit of cucurbitaceous vines including: muskmelons; watermelons; cantaloupes; cucumbersspringkomkommerMediterranean vine having oblong fruit that when ripe expels its seeds and juice violently when touchedkalebasOld World climbing plant with hard-shelled bottle-shaped gourds as fruitsstaartpepertropical southeast Asian shrubby vine bearing spicy berrylike fruitstype of:vaatplantgreen plant having a vascular system: ferns, gymnosperms, angiosperms
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slender stem-like structure by which some twining plants attach themselves to an object for supportsynonyms: klimhaak
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