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• VINE — (Heb. גֶּפֶן). Of the various agricultural products mentioned in the Bible and talmudic literature, the vine and its products – yayin ( wine ), tirosh ( new wine ), ḥemer ( sweet red wine ), and shekhar ( strong drink ) – occupy the central place …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• vine — [ vaın ] noun count * 1. ) the plant on which GRAPES grow: GRAPEVINE: vine leaves a field of vines 2. ) any plant with a long thin stem that grows along the ground or up a tree, wall, etc. a ) the long thin stem of a plant that grows in this way… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• Vine of Sodom — referred to only in Deut. 32:32. Among the many conjectures as to this tree, the most probable is that it is the osher ( Calotropis procera ) of the Arabs, which grows from Jordan to southern Egypt. Another conjecture equates it with the… …   Wikipedia

• Vine — This article is about the term vine in its broad sense. For grapevines, see Vitis. For other uses, see Vine (disambiguation). A tendril …   Wikipedia

• Tree of Jesse — The oldest complete Jesse Tree window is in Chartres Cathedral, 1145. The Tree of Jesse is a depiction in art of the Ancestors of Christ, shown in a tree which rises from Jesse of Bethlehem, the father of King David; the original use of the… …   Wikipedia

• tree of life — 1. a. [translation of New Latin arbor vitae] : arborvitae 1 b. : bhutan cypress c. : date I 1 2. : a highly convention …   Useful english dictionary

• vine */ — UK [vaɪn] / US noun [countable] Word forms vine : singular vine plural vines 1) the plant on which grapes grow vine leaves a field of vines 2) a) any plant with a long thin stem that grows along the ground or up a tree, wall etc b) the long thin… …   English dictionary

• tree snake — ▪ reptile  any of a number of arboreal serpents, primarily of the family Colubridae. They prey on birds and on arboreal lizards and frogs. The green tree snakes of northern South America and Central America include the slender, broad headed… …   Universalium

• Vine of Sodom —    Referred to only in Deut. 32:32. Among the many conjectures as to this tree, the most probable is that it is the osher of the Arabs, which abounds in the region of the Dead Sea. Its fruit are the so called apples of Sodom, which, though… …   Easton's Bible Dictionary

• Barbara Vine — Ruth Rendell Ruth Barbara Rendell, Baroness Rendell of Babergh, (* 17. Februar 1930 in South Woodford, London), die auch unter dem Pseudonym Barbara Vine schreibt, ist eine britische Bestseller Autorin, die für ihre Kriminalromane und… …   Deutsch Wikipedia