creeper
- n any plant (as ivy or periwinkle) that grows by creeping
- n a person who crawls or creeps along the ground
- n any of various small insectivorous birds of the northern hemisphere that climb up a tree trunk supporting themselves on stiff tail feathers and their feet
- Ever since the Japanese introduced the kudzu vine to America at the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial Exposition, the broad-leafed creeper has been a much maligned nuisance.
- If there is a hierarchy among Washington's plants, those on the 19 acres around the White House, like osmanthus and purple winter creeper, must be the swells, the botanical elite .
- The creeper was laden with thick bunches of grapes, as in our time.