Bine (botany)

A bine is a climbing plant that climbs by its shoots growing in a helix around a support. (Compare vines, which climb using tendrils or suckers.) Many bines have rough stems or downward-pointing bristles to aid their grip. Hops (used in flavoring beer) are a commercially important example of a bine.

Bine (botany)

A bine is a climbing plant that climbs by its shoots growing in a helix around a support. (Compare vines, which climb using tendrils or suckers.) Many bines have rough stems or downward-pointing bristles to aid their grip. Hops (used in flavoring beer) are a commercially important example of a bine.