creeping plant

Example Sentences

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Nothing was too insignificant for Frigg to ask, save only the mistletoe, a creeping plant that lives on other trees.

From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman

The main cabin was well appointed in hardwood, with red cushions on the transoms and a creeping plant or so hanging here and there.

From A Man to His Mate by Mulford, Stockton

In his right hand was twisted the end of a long rope made of some sort of creeping plant, by which he led a huge and hideous reptile, somewhat resembling the Plesiosaurus.

From The Story of Atlantis and the Lost Lemuria by Scott-Elliot, W.

I was told that this is made out of another creeping plant, and is left in its own natural unstained colour, which, however, in this case is a dull brown red.

From The Mafulu Mountain People of British New Guinea by Williamson, Robert Wood

He again sent her down; she reported extending surface of land, and then he sent her down with some earth and a creeping plant.

From Samoa, A Hundred Years Ago And Long Before by Turner, George