vinetree
English
Etymology
From Middle English vyne-tre (modified after vine (“grapevine”)), from Old English wīntrēow, from Proto-Germanic *wīnatrewą, equivalent to vine + tree.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvaɪnˌtɹiː/
Noun
vinetree (plural vinetrees)
- (rare, archaic) A grapevine.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Numbers 6:4:
- All the dayes of his ſeparation ſhall he eat nothing that is made of the vine tree, from the kernels euen to the huſke.
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