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The vines are thorns. The Biel Tan are the rose, bringing the beauty of the eldar empire back, but they do so via violence and war, the thorns. The thorn motif is a symbol of that aggression.

It also doubles as a kill marker, each thorn equalling the death of a hated enemy. According to the warhammer40k wikia.