bindweed

American  

[bahynd-weed] / ˈbaɪndˌwid /

noun

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

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bindweed British  

/ 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

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Etymology

Origin of bindweed

First recorded in 1540–50; bind + weed ¹

Example Sentences

There is another climbing plant in the hedge, the Large Bindweed or Convolvulus.

From Wildflowers of the Farm by Cooke, Arthur Owens

We see that it is a relation of the Large Bindweed in the garden hedge.

From Wildflowers of the Farm by Cooke, Arthur Owens

Ivy, Bindweed, and other clinging plants often kill or seriously injure valuable trees in this way.

From Wildflowers of the Farm by Cooke, Arthur Owens

"Bindweed is the name, and once get it in your garden and you'll never get rid of it."

From Salthaven by Jacobs, W. W. (William Wymark)

Convolvulus, kon-vol′vū-lus, n. a genus of twining or trailing plants, called also Bindweed.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various