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 gems that magnify a woman's charm, As flowers the creeping plant, I do not harm.

From The Little Clay Cart Mrcchakatika by Ryder, Arthur William

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

There was in my sister Honora's garden a pretty creeping plant, new at that time, covered with little trumpet-like flowers.

From Chopin and Other Musical Essays by Finck, Henry Theophilus

The builder of houses doeth his work with difficulty; he is exposed to all weathers, and he must cling to the walls which he is building like a creeping plant.

From The Literature of the Ancient Egyptians by Budge, E. A. Wallis (Ernest Alfred Wallis), Sir