Exotic Love vine (Mina lobata) Of course, Ms. Shimizu loves the name.
More than 100 species of dodder (Cuscuta) are widely distributed and called such names as strangleweed, devil's-hair, pull down, hell-bind, love vine, and goldthread.
"We've seen for ourselves – and heard from parents, siblings and others – that kids love Vine," wrote Vine's Carolyn Penner in a blog post announcing the new app, which was developed by two staff during the company's "Hack Week", when employees work on sideline projects.
But the consistently impressive views kept our spirits up — beyond the glittering sea, Tortola and the other islands stretched out in sinuous humps, while the vegetation we passed was a mix of palms, cactuses and trees smothered by the love vine, a plant that looked like orange spaghetti.
I still love Vine, but I'll never forgive it for the visions it stole from me.
My kids love Vine's recently launched kids app — which shows child-friendly clips from the short video service — and YouTube's kids app seems likely to be a hit, particularly among parents.
It's why I invested in Path, it's why I love Vine...when you require people to be under restrictions, whether it's your friend count, or the length of time that you can make a video.
But the move is also enough to make you wonder: Twitter, if you loved Vine this much, why even kill it in the first place?
I love being Vine famous.
