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

There is a variety of the red cedar, which trails upon the ground like a creeping plant, its branches even taking root again.

From The Young Voyageurs Boy Hunters in the North by Harvey, William

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.

This is a creeping plant with a slender stem; almost 101quadrangular, the leaves grow four in a bunch; flowers small, fruit yellow, berry double, one being abortive.

From French Polishing and Enamelling A Practical Work of Instruction by Bitmead, Richard

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