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

No doubt the creeping plant would in a few seconds have attracted special attention, had not an incident turned their minds in another direction.

From The Fugitives The Tyrant Queen of Madagascar by Pearson, Francis B.

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

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

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