bine

Etymology 1

From bind (noun).

noun

  1. (botany) A climbing plant which climbs by its shoots growing in a helix around a support (distinct from a vine, which climbs using tendrils or suckers).
    The tangled bine-stems scored the sky Like strings of broken lyres, And all mankind that haunted nigh Had sought their household fires. 1900, Thomas Hardy, The Darkling Thrush

Etymology 2

From Wills's Woodbine (cigarettes).

noun

  1. (UK, slang) A cigarette.

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