creeping plant

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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

It was covered with the green leaves and white blossoms of a creeping plant.

From The Light Princess and Other Fairy Stories by MacDonald, George

Botanical Description.—A small creeping plant with milky juice.

From The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Thomas, Jerome Beers

Creep′er, a creeping plant: a genus of small climbing birds; Creep′-hole, a hole into which to creep: a subterfuge; Creep′ie, a low stool, the old Scotch stool of repentance.—adv.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

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