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Webster 1913 Edition


Bindweed

Bind′weedˊ

,
Noun.
(Bot.)
A plant of the genus
Convolvulus
;
as,
greater bindweed
(
Convolvulus Sepium
);
lesser bindweed
(
Convolvulus arvensis
); the
white bindweed
, the
blue bindweed
, the
Syrian bindweed
. The black bryony, or
Tamus
, is called
black bindweed
, and the
Smilax aspera
,
rough bindweed
.
The fragile
bindweed
bells and bryony rings.
Tennyson.

Definition 2024


bindweed

bindweed

English

true bindweed
false bindweed
black bindweed
slender bindweed
blue bindweed

Wikispecies

Wikispecies

Noun

bindweed (countable and uncountable, plural bindweeds)

  1. Trailing vine-like plants in the family Convolvulaceae with funnel-shaped flowers.
    1. true bindweed, genus Convolvulus.
    2. false bindweed, genus Calystegia.
    3. slender bindweed, Polymeria calycina
  2. Plants of species in other families with similar appearance
    1. black bindweed, Fallopia convolvulus
    2. bittersweet nightshade, blue bindweed, Solanum dulcamara

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