creeper

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The delicate Virginia creeper was almost minded to put forth its scarlet buds again.

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  1. noun One that creeps.
  2. noun Botany A plant that spreads by means of stems that creep.
  3. noun See cradle.

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  • He investigated The creeper was attached to the trip of a machine gun! —  002 - The Land of Terror
  • The great Hiptage madablota (N.O. Malpighiaceae), the Bauhinia Vahlii or elephant creeper, and some species of the parasitic Loranthus, deserve mention, also Acacia caesia, Pueraria tuberosa, Vallaris Heynei, Porana paniculata, and several vines, especially Vitis lanata with its large rusty leaves. —  The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir
  • She wondered why her mother's eyes rested on her at times with that unfathomable look and the lips would move, then suddenly compress So she walked down past the summer house where the Virginia creeper was flaunting long scarlet branches in the wind Oh, Miss Boyd She turned. —  The Girls at Mount Morris
  • The delicate Virginia creeper was almost minded to put forth its scarlet buds again. —  Quite So
  • He quickly caught hold of another creeper, and drew himself again into comparative safety. —  The Fugitives The Tyrant Queen of Madagascar
 

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  1. from Middle English crepere, a creeper, from Anglo-Saxon creópere, a cripple, from creópan, creep: see creep, v., and -er.
 

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/ˈkripər/
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