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bindweed

[ bahynd-weed ]

noun

  1. any of various twining or vinelike plants, especially certain species of the genera Convolvulus and Calystegia.


bindweed

/ ˈbaɪndˌwiːd /

noun

  1. any convolvulaceous plant of the genera Convolvulus and Calystegia that twines around a support See also convolvulus
  2. any of various other trailing or twining plants, such as black bindweed
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of bindweed1

First recorded in 1540–50; bind + weed 1
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Example Sentences

It belongs to the Convolvulus or Bindweed order, but is entirely different from the rest of the family.

Both kinds of bindweed, however, are mischievous weeds; the large kind you may find in flower as late as September.

They are as much out of place near you as a bed of bindweed would be in the neighbourhood of a passion-flower.

Signa heard "beautiful things" as he sat in the rising moonlight, with the bells of the little bindweed white about his feet.

"It's quite romantic," said Belle, sitting down on a spar, and twisting some pink bindweed round her hat.

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