#vine  weak-stemmed plant that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface
  supertype:  #vascular_plant__tracheophyte  green plant having a vascular system: ferns, gymnosperms, angiosperms
  subtype:  #moonseed  plant of the family Menispermaceae having red or black fruit with crescent- or ring-shaped seeds
     subtype:  #common_moonseed__Canada_moonseed__yellow_parilla__Menispermum_canadense  a woody vine of eastern North America having large oval leaves and small white flowers and purple to blue-black fruits
     subtype:  #Carolina_moonseed__Cocculus_carolinus  woody vine of southeastern United States resembling the common moonseed but having red fruits
  subtype:  #clematis  any of various ornamental climbing plants of the genus Clematis usually having showy flowers
     subtype:  #pine_hyacinth__Clematis_baldwinii__Viorna_baldwinii  erect clematis of Florida having pink to purple flowers
     subtype:  #blue_jasmine__blue_jessamine__curly_clematis__marsh_clematis__Clematis_crispa  climber of southern United States having bluish-purple flowers
     subtype:  #pipestem_clematis__Clematis_lasiantha  clematis of California
     subtype:  #curly-heads__Clematis_ochreleuca  shrubby clematis of the eastern United States having curly foliage
     subtype:  #golden_clematis__Clematis_tangutica  Chinese clematis with serrate leaves and large yellow flowers
     subtype:  #scarlet_clematis__Clematis_texensis  woody vine of Texas having showy solitary nodding scarlet flowers
     subtype:  #Clematis_versicolor__leather_flower__leatherflower  woody vine of the southern United States having purple or blue flowers with leathery recurved sepals
     subtype:  #leather_flower__leatherflower__vase-fine__vase_vine__Clematis_viorna  scandent subshrub of southeastern United States having large red-purple bell-shaped flowers with leathery recurved sepals
     subtype:  #virgin's_bower__old_man's_beard__devil's_darning_needle__devil'sdarningneedle__Clematis_virginiana  common climber of eastern North America that sprawls over other plants and bears numerous panicles of small creamy white flowers
     subtype:  #traveler's_joy__traveller's_joy__old_man's_beard__Clematis_vitalba  vigorous deciduous climber of Europe to Afghanistan and Lebanon having panicles of fragrant green-white flowers in summer and autumn
     subtype:  #purple_clematis__purple_virgin's_bower__mountain_clematis__Clematis_verticillaris  climber of northeastern North America having waxy purplish-blue flowers
  subtype:  #allamanda  a plant of the genus Allamanda having large showy funnel-shaped flowers in terminal cymes
     subtype:  #common_allamanda__golden_trumpet__Allamanda_cathartica  vigorous evergreen climbing plant of South America having glossy leathery foliage and golden yellow flowers
  subtype:  #Nepal_trumpet_flower__Easter_lily_vine__Beaumontia_grandiflora  evergreen woody twiner with large glossy leaves and showy corymbs of fragrant white trumpet-shaped flowers
  subtype:  #star_jasmine__confederate_jasmine__confederatejasmine__Trachelospermum_jasminoides  evergreen Chinese woody climber with shiny dark green leaves and intensely fragrant white flowers
  subtype:  #English_ivy__ivy__common_ivy__Hedera_helix  Old World vine with lobed evergreen leaves and black berrylike fruits
  subtype:  #birthwort__Aristolochia_clematitis  creeping plant having curving flowers thought to resemble fetuses; native to Europe; naturalized Great Britain and eastern North America
     subtype:  #Dutchman's-pipe__pipe_vine__Aristolochia_macrophylla__Aristolochia_durior  hardy deciduous vine having large leaves and flowers with the calyx tube curved like the bowl of a pipe
     subtype:  #Virginia_snakeroot__Virginia_serpentaria__Virginia_serpentary__Aristolochia_serpentaria  birthwort of the eastern United States woodlands
  subtype:  #bougainvillea  any of several South American ornamental woody vines of the genus Bougainvillea having brilliant red or purple flower bracts; widely grown in warm regions
     subtype:  #paper_flower__paperflower__Bougainvillea_glabra  Brazilian vine that tends to flower continuously
  subtype:  #Barbados_gooseberry__Barbados-gooseberry_vine__Pereskia_aculeata  West Indian woody scrambler with spiny stems and numerous fragrant white flowers in panicles followed by small yellow to orange fruits
  subtype:  #climbing_corydalis__Corydalis_claviculata__Fumaria_claviculata  annual vine with decompound leaves and racemes of yellow and pink flowers
  subtype:  #climbing_fumitory__Allegheny_vine__Adlumia_fungosa__Fumaria_fungosa  vine with feathery leaves and white or pinkish flowers; sometimes placed in genus Fumaria
  subtype:  #German_ivy__Delairea_odorata__Senecio_milkanioides  South African succulent evergreen twining climber with yellow flowers grown primarily as a houseplant for its foliage; sometimes placed in genus Senecio
  subtype:  #wild_climbing_hempweed__climbing_hempweed__climbing_boneset__climbing_hemp-vine__Mikania_scandens  herb of tropical America having vanilla-scented flowers; climbs up trees
  subtype:  #yam_plant__yamplant__yam  any of a number of tropical vines of the genus Dioscorea many having edible tuberous roots
     subtype:  #white_yam__whiteyam__water_yam__wateryam__Dioscorea_alata  grown in Australasia and Polynesia for its large root with fine edible white flesh
     subtype:  #cinnamon_vine__Chinese_yam__Dioscorea_batata  hardy Chinese vine naturalized in United States and cultivated as an ornamental climber for its glossy heart-shaped cinnamon-scented leaves and in the tropics for its edible tubers
     subtype:  #air_potato__airpotato__dioscoreabulbifera  yam of tropical Africa and Asia cultivated for it large tubers
     subtype:  #cush-cush__Dioscorea_trifida  tropical American yam with small yellow-skinned edible tubers
  subtype:  #tortoise_plant__elephant's-foot__Hottentot_bread_vine__Hottentot's_bread_vine__Dioscorea_elephantipes  South African vine having a massive rootstock covered with deeply fissured bark
  subtype:  #wild_yam__Dioscorea_paniculata  having a rhizome formerly dried and used to treat rheumatism or liver disorders
  subtype:  #black_bryony__blackbryony__black_bindweed__blackbindweed__Tamus_communis  common European twining vine with tuberous roots and cordate leaves and red berries
  subtype:  #gourd_vine__gourdvine__gourd  any vine of the family Cucurbitaceae that bears fruits with hard rinds
     subtype:  #prairie_gourd_vine__prairiegourdvine__prairie_gourd__prairiegourd__Missouri_gourd__wild_pumpkin__buffalo_gourd__buffalogourd__calabazilla__cucurbitafoetidissima  perennial vine of dry parts of central and southwestern United States and Mexico having small hard mottled green inedible fruit
     subtype:  #melon_vine__melonvine__melon  any of various fruit of cucurbitaceous vines including: muskmelons; watermelons; cantaloupes; cucumbers
        subtype:  #watermelon_vine__watermelon__Citrullus_vulgaris  an African melon
        subtype:  #sweet_melon_vine__sweetmelonvine__sweet_melon__muskmelon__cucumismelo  any of several varieties of vine whose fruit has a netted rind and edible flesh and a musky smell
           subtype:  #cantaloupe_vine__cantaloupe__cantaloup__Cucumis_melo_cantalupensis  a variety of muskmelon vine having fruit with a tan rind and orange flesh
           subtype:  #winter_melon_vine__winter_melon__Persian_melon__honeydew_melon__Cucumis_melo_inodorus  any of a variety of muskmelon vines having fruit with a smooth white rind and white or greenish flesh that does not have a musky smell
           subtype:  #Cucumis_melo_reticulatus__net_melon__netmelon__netted_melon__nutmeg_melon  a muskmelon vine with fruit that has a thin reticulated rind and sweet green flesh
        subtype:  #cucumber_vine__cucumber__Cucumis_sativus  a melon vine of the genus Cucumis; cultivated from earliest times for its cylindrical green fruit
     subtype:  #squirting_cucumber__squirtingcucumber__exploding_cucumber__explodingcucumber__touch-me-not__Ecballium_elaterium  Mediterranean vine having oblong fruit that when ripe expels its seeds and juice violently when touched
     subtype:  #bottle_gourd__calabash__Lagenaria_siceraria  Old World climbing plant with hard-shelled bottle-shaped gourds as fruits
     subtype:  #balsam_apple__Momordica_balsamina__momordicabalsamina  a tropical Old World flowering vine with red or orange warty fruit
     subtype:  #balsam_pear__Momordica_charantia  tropical Old World vine with yellow-orange fruit
  subtype:  #squash_vine__squash  any of numerous annual tendril-bearing trailing plants of the genus Cucurbita grown for their fleshy edible fruits
     subtype:  #autumn_pumpkin__pumpkin__pumpkin_vine__pumpkinvine__Cucurbita_pepo  a coarse vine widely cultivated for its non-keeping large pulpy round orange fruit with firm orange skin and numerous seeds; subspecies of Cucurbita pepo include the summer squashes and a few autumn squashes
     subtype:  #summer_squash_vine__summer_squash__Cucurbita_pepo_melopepo  any of various usually bushy plants producing fruit that is eaten while immature and before the rind or seeds harden
        subtype:  #yellow_squash.summer_squash_vine__yellowsquash  any of various squash plants grown for their yellow fruits with somewhat elongated necks
        subtype:  #marrow_squash__marrow__vegetable_marrow__vegetablemarrow  any of various squash plants grown for their elongated fruit with smooth dark green skin and whitish flesh
           subtype:  #courgette__zucchini  marrow squash plant whose fruit are eaten when small
           subtype:  #Italian_vegetable_marrow__cocozelle  squash plant having dark green fruit with skin mottled with light green or yellow
        subtype:  #cymling__pattypan_squash  squash plant having flattened round fruit with a scalloped edge; usually greenish white
        subtype:  #spaghetti_squash.summer_squash_vine__spaghettisquash  squash plant bearing oval fruit with smooth yellowish skin and tender stranded flesh resembling spaghetti
     subtype:  #winter_squash_plant__winter_squash  any of various plants of the species Cucurbita maxima and Cucurbita moschata producing squashes that have hard rinds and mature in the fall
        subtype:  #acorn_squash.winter_squash_plant__acornsquash  squash plant bearing small acorn-shaped fruits having yellow flesh and dark green or yellow rind with longitudinal ridges
        subtype:  #hubbard_squash.winter_squash_plant__hubbardsquash__Cucurbita_maxima  any of several winter squash plants producing large grayish-green football-shaped fruit with a rough warty rind
        subtype:  #Cucurbita_maxima_turbaniformis__turban_squash  squash plants bearing hard-shelled fruit shaped somewhat like a turban with a rounded central portion protruding from the end opposite the stem
           subtype:  #buttercup_squash.Cucurbita_maxima_turbaniformis__buttercupsquash  plant bearing somewhat drum-shaped fruit having dark green rind with grayish markings
        subtype:  #Cucurbita_maxima__butternut_squash__butternutsquash  plant bearing buff-colored squash having somewhat bottle-shaped fruit with fine-textured edible flesh and smooth thin rind
        subtype:  #winter_crookneck__winter_crookneck_squash__Cucurbita_moschata  any of various plants bearing squash having hard rinds and elongated recurved necks
        subtype:  #Cucurbita_mixta__cushaw__Cucurbita_argyrosperma  plant bearing squash having globose to ovoid fruit with variously striped gray and green and white warty rinds
  subtype:  #bryony__briony  a tendril-bearing vine of the genus Bryonia having large leaves and small flowers and yielding acrid juice with emetic and purgative properties
     subtype:  #white_bryony__whitebryony__devil-s_turnip__devilsturnip__Bryonia_alba  white-flowered vine having thick roots and bearing small black berries; Europe to Iran
     subtype:  #red_bryony__redbryony__wild_hop__Bryonia_dioica  bryony having fleshy roots pale green flowers and very small red berries; Europe; North Africa; western Asia
  subtype:  #luffa__dishcloth_gourd__dishclothgourd__sponge_gourd__rag_gourd__raggourd__strainer_vine  any of several tropical annual climbers having large yellow flowers and edible young fruits; grown commercially for the mature fruit's dried fibrous interior that is used as a sponge
     subtype:  #loofah__vegetable_sponge__vegetablesponge__Luffa_cylindrica  the bathroom loofah
     subtype:  #angled_loofah__sing-kwa__Luffa_acutangula  loofah of Pakistan; widely cultivated throughout tropics
  subtype:  #bower_actinidia__boweractinidia__tara_vine__Actinidia_arguta  high-climbing Asiatic vine having long finely serrate leaves and racemes of white flowers followed by greenish-yellow edible fruit
  subtype:  #Chinese_gooseberry__kiwi__kiwi_vine__Actinidia_chinensis__Actinidia_deliciosa  climbing vine native to China; cultivated in New Zealand for its fuzzy edible fruit with green meat
  subtype:  #silvervine__silver_vine__Actinidia_polygama  ornamental vine of eastern Asia having yellow edible fruit and leaves with silver-white markings
  subtype:  #passionflower_vine__passionflowervine__passionflower  any of various chiefly tropical American vines some bearing edible fruit
     subtype:  #purple_granadillo__granadilla__Passiflora_edulis  Brazilian passionflower cultivated for its deep purple fruit
     subtype:  #sweet_granadilla__sweetgranadilla__Passiflora_ligularis  considered best for fruit
     subtype:  #giant_granadilla__giantgranadilla__granadilla__Passiflora_quadrangularis  tropical American passionflower yielding the large granadilla fruit
     subtype:  #maypop__Passiflora_incarnata  of southern United States; having an insipid berry the size of a hen egg
     subtype:  #Jamaica_honeysuckle__yellow_granadilla__Passiflora_laurifolia  West Indian passionflower; cultivated for its yellow edible fruit
     subtype:  #banana_passion_fruit__Passiflora_mollissima  cultivated for fruit
     subtype:  #Passiflora_maliformis__sweet_calabash__sweetcalabash  West Indian passionflower with edible apple-sized fruit
     subtype:  #love-in-a-mist__running_pop__runningpop__wild_water_lemon__Passiflora_foetida  tropical American passion flower with finely dissected bracts; stems malodorous when crushed
  subtype:  #hops  twining perennials having cordate leaves and flowers arranged in conelike spikes
     subtype:  #common_hop__common_hops__bine__European_hop__Humulus_lupulus  European twining plant whose flowers are used chiefly to flavor malt liquors; cultivated in America
     subtype:  #American_hop__Humulus_americanus  native American plant sometimes confused with the European hop
     subtype:  #Japanese_hop__Humulus_japonicus  ornamental vine native to eastern Asia; cultivated for its variegated foliage
  subtype:  #salsilla__Bomarea_edulis  tropical vine having pink-and-yellow flowers spotted purple and edible roots sometimes boiled as a potato substitute; West Indies to northern South America
  subtype:  #Bomarea_salsilla__salsilla  tropical vine having umbels of small purple flowers and edible roots sometimes boiled as a potato substitute; Colombia
  subtype:  #smilax__Asparagus_asparagoides  fragile twining plant of South Africa with bright green flattened stems and glossy foliage popular as a floral decoration
  subtype:  #sarsaparilla.vine  any of various prickly climbing plants of the tropical American genus Smilax having aromatic roots and heart-shaped leaves
     subtype:  #rough_bindweed__roughbindweed__Smilax_aspera  creeping or climbing evergreen having spiny zigzag stems with shiny leaves and racemes of pale-green flowers; Canary Islands to southern Europe and Ethiopia and India
  subtype:  #bullbrier__greenbrier__catbrier__horsebrier__brier__briar__Smilax_rotundifolia  a very prickly woody vine of the eastern United States growing in tangled masses having tough round stems with shiny leathery leaves and small greenish flowers followed by clusters of inedible shiny black berries
  subtype:  #yellow_jasmine__jellow_jessamine__Carolina_jasmine__evening_trumpet_flower__eveningtrumpetflower__Gelsemium_sempervirens  poisonous woody evergreen vine of southeastern United States having fragrant yellow funnel-shaped flowers
  subtype:  #calabar-bean_vine__Physostigma_venenosum  tropical African woody vine yielding calabar beans
  subtype:  #hog_peanut__hogpeanut__wild_peanut__Amphicarpaea_bracteata__Amphicarpa_bracteata  vine widely distributed in eastern North America producing racemes of purple to maroon flowers and abundant (usually subterranean) edible one-seeded pods resembling peanuts
  subtype:  #groundnut_vine__groundnutvine__groundnut__Indian_potato__potato_bean__wild_bean__Apios_americana__Apios_tuberosa  a North American vine with fragrant blossoms and edible tubers; important food crop of Native Americans
  subtype:  #jack_bean__wonder_bean__giant_stock_bean__giantstockbean__Canavalia_ensiformis  annual semi-erect bushy plant of tropical South America bearing long pods with white seeds grown especially for forage
  subtype:  #sword_bean__swordbean__Canavalia_gladiata  twining tropical Old World plant bearing long pods usually with red or brown beans; long cultivated in Orient for food
  subtype:  #Centrosema_virginianum__butterfly_pea__butterflypea  large-flowered weakly twining or prostrate vine of New Jersey to tropical eastern North America, sometimes cultivated for its purple and white flowers
  subtype:  #butterfly_pea__butterflypea__Clitoria_mariana  large-flowered wild twining vine of southeastern and central United States having pale blue flowers
  subtype:  #blue_pea__butterfly_pea__butterflypea__Clitoria_turnatea  vine of tropical Asia having pinnate leaves and bright blue yellow-centered flowers
  subtype:  #derris_root__tuba_root__Derris_elliptica  woody vine having bright green leaves and racemes of rose-tinted white flowers; the swollen roots contain rotenone
  subtype:  #Australian_pea__Dipogon_lignosus__Dolichos_lignosus  South African evergreen partly woody vine grown for its clusters of rosy purple flowers followed by edible pods like snap beans; also grown as green manure; sometimes placed in genus Dolichos
  subtype:  #Western_Australia_coral_pea__Hardenbergia_comnptoniana  vigorous climber of the forests of western Australia; grown for their dense racemes of attractive bright rose-purple flowers
  subtype:  #coral_pea__coralpea  any of various Australian climbing plants of the genus Kennedia having scarlet flowers
     subtype:  #coral_vine__coralvine__Kennedia_coccinea  prostrate or twining woody vine with small leathery leaves and umbels of red flowers; Australia and Tasmania
     subtype:  #running_postman__runningpostman__scarlet_runner__scarletrunner__Kennedia_prostrata  hairy trailing or prostrate western Australian vine with bright scarlet-pink flowers
  subtype:  #hyacinth_bean__bonavist__Indian_bean__Egyptian_bean__Lablab_purpureus__Dolichos_lablab  perennial twining vine of Old World tropics having trifoliate leaves and racemes of fragrant purple pealike flowers followed by maroon pods of edible seeds; grown as an ornamental and as a vegetable on the Indian subcontinent; sometimes placed in genus Dolichos
  subtype:  #vetchling  any of various small plants of the genus Lathyrus; climb usually by means of tendrils
     subtype:  #black_pea__blackpea__Lathyrus_niger  perennial of Europe and North Africa; foliage turns black in drying
     subtype:  #grass_vetch__grass_vetchling__grassvetchling__Lathyrus_nissolia  annual European vetch with red flowers
     subtype:  #grass_pea__grasspea__Indian_pea__khesari__Lathyrus_sativus  European annual grown for forage; seeds used for food in India and for stock elsewhere
     subtype:  #spring_vetchling__spring_vetch__Lathyrus_vernus  bushy European perennial having nodding racemose violet-blue flowers
  subtype:  #everlasting_pea  any of several perennial vines of the genus Lathyrus
     subtype:  #broad-leaved_everlasting_pea__perennial_pea__perennialpea__Lathyrus_latifolius  perennial climber of central and southern Europe having purple or pink or white flowers; naturalized in North America
     subtype:  #narrow-leaved_everlasting_pea__flat_pea__Lathyrus_sylvestris  European perennial with mottled purple-pink flowers; sometimes cultivated for fodder or as green manure
  subtype:  #sweet_pea__sweetpea__Lathyrus_odoratus  climbing garden plant having fragrant pastel-colored flowers
  subtype:  #heath_pea__heathpea__earth-nut_pea__earthnutpea__earthnut_pea__tuberous_vetch__Lathyrus_tuberosus  European herb bearing small tubers used for food and in Scotland to flavor whiskey
  subtype:  #Pachyrhizus_erosus__yam_bean__yambean  Central American twining plant with edible roots and pods; large tubers are eaten raw or cooked especially when young and young pods must be thoroughly cooked; pods and seeds also yield rotenone and oils
  subtype:  #yam_bean__yambean__potato_bean__Pachyrhizus_tuberosus  twining plant of Amazon basin having large edible roots
  subtype:  #winged_bean__winged_pea__goa_bean__goabean__goa_bean_vine__Manila_bean__Psophocarpus_tetragonolobus  tuberous-rooted twining annual vine bearing clusters of purplish flowers and pods with four jagged wings; Old World tropics
  subtype:  #kudzu_vine__kudzuvine__kudzu__Pueraria_lobata  fast-growing East Asian vine having hairy trifoliate leaves and racemes of purple flowers followed by long many-seed hairy pods and tuberous starchy roots; grown for fodder and forage and root starch; widespread in the southern United States
  subtype:  #wisteria__wistaria  any flowering vine of the genus Wisteria
     subtype:  #Japanese_wistaria__Wisteria_floribunda  having flowers of pink to mauve or violet-blue
     subtype:  #Chinese_wistaria__Wisteria_chinensis  having deep purple flowers
     subtype:  #American_wistaria__Wisteria_frutescens  an the eastern United States native resembling the cultivated Japanese wisteria having pale purple-lilac flowers
     subtype:  #silky_wisteria__silkywisteria__Wisteria_venusta  a wisteria of China having white flowers
  subtype:  #silver_lace_vine__China_fleece_vine__Russian_vine__Polygonum_aubertii  twining perennial vine having racemes of fragrant greenish flowers; western China to Russia
  subtype:  #partridgeberry__boxberry__twinberry__Mitchella_repens  creeping woody plant of eastern North America with shiny evergreen leaves and scarlet berries
  subtype:  #soapberry_vine__soapberryvine  tendril-climbing vine
     subtype:  #heartseed__cardiospermumgrandiflorum  herbaceous vine of tropical America and Africa
     subtype:  #balloon_vine__balloonvine__heartpea__Cardiospermum_halicacabum  woody perennial climbing plant with large ornamental seed pods that resemble balloons; tropical India and Africa and America
  subtype:  #American_bittersweet__bittersweet__climbing_bittersweet__false_bittersweet__falsebittersweet__staff_vine__staffvine__waxwork__Celastrus_scandens  twining shrub of North America having three-valved yellow capsules enclosing scarlet seeds
  subtype:  #Japanese_bittersweet__Japan_bittersweet__oriental_bittersweet__Celastrus_orbiculatus__Celastric_articulatus  ornamental Asiatic vine with showy orange-yellow fruit with a scarlet aril; naturalized in North America
  subtype:  #evergreen_bittersweet__evergreenbittersweet__Euonymus_fortunei_radicans__Euonymus_radicans_vegetus  broad and bushy Asiatic twining shrub with pinkish fruit; many subspecies or varieties
  subtype:  #black-eyed_Susan_vine__black-eyed_Susan__Thunbergia_alata  tropical African climbing plant having yellow flowers with a dark purple center
  subtype:  #cross_vine__crossvine__trumpet_flower__trumpetflower__quartervine__Bignonia_capreolata  woody flowering vine of southern United States; stems show a cross in transverse section
  subtype:  #convolvulus__convolvulu  any of numerous plants of the genus Convolvulus
     subtype:  #Convolvulus_scammonia__scammony  twining plant of Asia Minor having cream to purple flowers and long thick roots yielding a cathartic resin
  subtype:  #bindweed  any of several vines of the genera Convolvulus and Calystegia having a twining habit
     subtype:  #field_bindweed__fieldbindweed__wild_morning-glory__Convolvulus_arvensis  weakly climbing European perennial with white or pink flowers; naturalized in North America and an invasive weed
     subtype:  #hedge_bindweed__hedgebindweed__wild_morning-glory__Calystegia_sepium__Convolvulus_sepium  common Eurasian and American wild climber with pink flowers; sometimes placed in genus Convolvulus
  subtype:  #silverweed  any of various twining shrubs of the genus Argyreia having silvery leaves and showy purple flowers
  subtype:  #dodder  a leafless annual parasitic vine of the genus Cuscuta having whitish or yellow filamentous stems; obtain nourishment through haustoria
     subtype:  #love_vine__Cuscuta_gronovii  leafless parasitic vine with dense clusters of small white bell-shaped flowers on orange-yellow stems that twine around clover or flax
  subtype:  #dichondra__dichondramicrantha  a creeping perennial herb with hairy stems and orbicular to reniform leaves and small white to greenish flowers; used as a grass substitute in warm regions
  subtype:  #morning_glory__morningglory  any of various twining vines having funnel-shaped flowers that close late in the day
     subtype:  #Ipomoea_purpurea__common_morning_glory  pantropical annual climbing herb with funnel-shaped blue, purple, pink or white flowers
     subtype:  #common_morning_glory__Ipomoea_tricolor  annual or perennial climbing herb of Central America having sky-blue flowers; most commonly cultivated morning glory
     subtype:  #cypress_vine__cypressvine__star-glory__Indian_pink__Ipomoea_quamoclit__Quamoclit_pennata  tropical American annual climber having red (sometimes white) flowers and finely dissected leaves; naturalized in United States and elsewhere
     subtype:  #moonflower__belle_de_nuit__Ipomoea_alba  pantropical climber having white fragrant nocturnal flowers
     subtype:  #sweet_potato_vine__sweet_potato__sweetpotato__Ipomoea_batatas  pantropical vine widely cultivated in several varieties for its large sweet tuberous root with orange flesh
     subtype:  #wild_potato_vine__wild_sweet_potato_vine__man-of-the-earth__manroot__Ipomoea_panurata__Ipomoea_fastigiata  tropical American prostrate or climbing herbaceous perennial having an enormous starchy root; sometimes held to be source of the sweet potato
     subtype:  #red_morning-glory__redmorningglory__staripomoea__ipomoeacoccinea  annual herb having scarlet flowers; the eastern United States
     subtype:  #man-of-the-earth__Ipomoea_leptophylla  long-rooted morning glory of western United States
     subtype:  #Ipomoea_orizabensis__scammony  tropical American morning glory
     subtype:  #railroad_vine__beach_morning_glory__beachmorningglory__Ipomoea_pes-caprae  Prostrate perennial of coastal sand dunes Florida to Texas
     subtype:  #Japanese_morning_glory__Ipomoea_nil  annual Old World tropical climbing herb distinguished by wide color range and frilled or double flowers
     subtype:  #imperial_Japanese_morning_glory__Ipomoea_imperialis  hybrid from Ipomoea nil
  subtype:  #ground_ivy__alehoof__field_balm__fieldbalm__gillovertheground__runaway_robin__runawayrobin__Glechoma_hederaceae__Nepeta_hederaceae  trailing 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 Nepeta
  subtype:  #potato_tree__Solanum_crispum  hardy climbing shrub of Chile grown as an ornamental for its fragrant flowers; not a true potato
  subtype:  #Uruguay_potato_vine__Uruguay_potato__Solanum_commersonii  South American potato vine
  subtype:  #wild_potato__Solanum_jamesii  erect or spreading perennial of southwestern United States and Mexico bearing small pale brown to cream tubers resembling potatoes
  subtype:  #Solanum_jasmoides__potato_vine  copiously branched vine of Brazil having deciduous leaves and white flowers tinged with blue
  subtype:  #white_potato_vine__potato__white_potato__whitepotato__solanumtuberosum  annual native to South America having underground stolons bearing edible starchy tubers; widely cultivated as a garden vegetable; vines are poisonous
  subtype:  #potato_vine__giant_potato_creeper__Solanum_wendlandii  vine of Costa Rica sparsely armed with hooklike spines and having large lilac-blue flowers
  subtype:  #cock's_eggs__Salpichroa_organifolia__Salpichroa_rhomboidea  weedy vine of Argentina having solitary white flowers followed by egg-shaped white or yellow fruit
  subtype:  #climber.vine  a vine or climbing plant that readily grows up a support or over other plants
     subtype:  #root_climber  a plant that climbs by its adventitious roots e.g. ivy
  subtype:  #liana  a woody climbing usually tropical plant
     subtype:  #white_dipladenia__whitedipladenia__Mandevilla_boliviensis__Dipladenia_boliviensis  shrubby climber having glossy leaves and white funnel-shaped flowers with yellow throats
     subtype:  #Chilean_jasmine__Mandevilla_laxa  woody vine of Argentina grown as an ornamental for its glossy leaves and racemes of large fragrant funnel-shaped creamy-white flowers
     subtype:  #golden_pothos__pothos__ivy_arum__ivyarum__Epipremnum_aureum__Scindapsus_aureus  evergreen liana widely cultivated for its variegated foliage
     subtype:  #monstera  any plant of the genus Monstera; often grown as houseplants
        subtype:  #Monstera_deliciosa__ceriman  tropical American vine having roots that hang like cords and cylindrical fruit with a pineapple and banana flavor
     subtype:  #philodendron  often grown as a houseplant
     subtype:  #pothos  any of various tropical lianas of the genus Scindapsus
     subtype:  #jade_vine__emerald_creeper__emeraldcreeper__Strongylodon_macrobotrys  vigorous Philippine evergreen twining liana; grown for spectacular festoons of green flowers that resemble lobster claws
     subtype:  #cynancum  any of various mostly giant tropical lianas of Africa and Madagascar having greenish or purple flowers and long smooth pods; roots formerly used as an emetic
  subtype:  #grapevine__grape  any of numerous woody vines of genus Vitis bearing clusters of edible berries
     subtype:  #fox_grape__foxgrape__Vitis_labrusca  native grape of northeastern United States; origin of many cultivated varieties e.g. Concord grapes
     subtype:  #muscadine__Vitis_rotundifolia  native grape of southeastern United States; origin of many cultivated varieties
     subtype:  #Vitis_vinifera__vinifera__vinifera_grape__common_grape_vine  common European grape cultivated in many varieties; chief source of Old World wine and table grapes
        subtype:  #Chardonnay__chardonnay_grape  white wine grape
        subtype:  #Pinot_grape__Pinot  any of several purple or white wine grapes used especially for burgundies and champagnes
           subtype:  #Pinot_noir.Pinot_grape__pinotnoir  red wine grape; grown especially in California for making wines resembling those from Burgundy, France
           subtype:  #Pinot_blanc.Pinot_grape__pinotblanc  white wine grape; grown especially in California for making wines resembling those from Chablis, France
        subtype:  #Sauvignon_grape  small blue-black grape of Medoc region of France highly prized in winemaking
        subtype:  #Cabernet_Sauvignon_grape  superior red wine grapes grown especially in the Bordeaux region of France and northern California
        subtype:  #Sauvignon_blanc.Vitis_vinifera__sauvignonblanc  white wine grape grown in California
        subtype:  #Merlot.Vitis_vinifera__merlot  black wine grape originally from the region of Bordeaux
        subtype:  #Muscadet.Vitis_vinifera__muscadet  white grape grown especially in the Loire Valley in France
        subtype:  #Riesling.Vitis_vinifera__riesling  white grape grown in Europe and California
        subtype:  #Zinfandel  small black grape grown chiefly in California; transplanted from Europe
        subtype:  #Chenin_blanc.Vitis_vinifera__cheninblanc  white grape grown especially in California and the lower Loire valley of France
        subtype:  #malvasia  used to make malmsey wine
        subtype:  #muscat__muskat  any of several cultivated grapevines that produce sweet white grapes
        subtype:  #Verdicchio.Vitis_vinifera__verdicchio  a variety of white wine grape grown in Italy
  subtype:  #Boston_ivy__Japanese_ivy__Parthenocissus_tricuspidata  Asiatic vine with three-lobed leaves and purple berries
  subtype:  #Virginia_creeper__American_ivy__woodbine__Parthenocissus_quinquefolia  common North American vine with compound leaves and bluish-black berrylike fruit
  subtype:  #true_pepper__pepper_vine  any of various shrubby vines of the genus Piper
     subtype:  #Madagascar_pepper__pepper__common_pepper__black_pepper__blackpepper__white_pepper__whitepepper__Piper_nigrum  climber having dark red berries (peppercorns) when fully ripe; southern India and Sri Lanka; naturalized in North Burma and Assam
     subtype:  #Piper_longum__long_pepper  slender tropical climber of the eastern Himalayas
     subtype:  #betel_pepper__betelpepper__betel__Piper_betel  Asian pepper plant whose dried leaves are chewed with betel nut (seed of the betel palm) by southeast Asians
     subtype:  #cubeb_vine__cubebvine__cubeb__Java_pepper__Piper_cubeba  tropical southeast Asian shrubby vine bearing spicy berrylike fruits
  subtype:  #cruel_plant__Araujia_sericofera  robust twining shrub having racemes of fragrant white or pink flowers with flat spreading terminal petals that trap nocturnal moths and hold them until dawn
  subtype:  #hoya  any plant of the genus Hoya having fleshy leaves and usually nectariferous flowers
     subtype:  #honey_plant__honeyplant  a plant that furnishes nectar suitable for making honey
     subtype:  #wax_plant__waxplant__Hoya_carnosa  succulent climber of southern Asia with umbels of pink and white star-shaped flowers
  subtype:  #silk_vine__Periploca_graeca  deciduous climber for arches and fences having ill-scented but interesting flowers and poisonous yellow fruits; cultivated for its dark shining foliage; southeastern Europe to Asia Minor
  subtype:  #soma__haoma__Sarcostemma_acidum  leafless East Indian vine; its sour milky juice formerly used to make an intoxicating drink
  subtype:  #negro_vine__negrovine__Vincetoxicum_hirsutum__Vincetoxicum_negrum  twining vine with hairy foliage and dark purplish-brown flowers

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