n. A very dependent woman; a woman who needs much love and encouragement from a man. Mary is a clinging vine; she cannot do anything without her husband.
clinging vine
clinging vine An overly dependent person, as in A clinging vine since her marriage, she's never made a decision on her own. Nearly always applied to a woman (or wife), this metaphor for a climbing plant today criticizes dependency rather than, as in former times, praising the vine's fruitfulness.
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