瓜うりの蔓つる

noun

gourd vine

Refers to the vine of a gourd plant, such as a cucumber, melon, or squash. Often used literally, but can appear in proverbs like 瓜の蔓に茄子はならぬ (like begets like).

• 庭にわの瓜うりの蔓つるが塀へいを越こえて伸のびている。

  The gourd vine in the garden is growing over the fence.