bindweed
any of various twining or vinelike plants, especially certain species of the genera Convolvulus and Calystegia.
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How to use bindweed in a sentence
It belongs to the Convolvulus or bindweed order, but is entirely different from the rest of the family.
The Romance of Plant Life | G. F. Scott ElliotBoth kinds of bindweed, however, are mischievous weeds; the large kind you may find in flower as late as September.
Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children | W. HoughtonThey are as much out of place near you as a bed of bindweed would be in the neighbourhood of a passion-flower.
The Tidal Wave and Other Stories | Ethel May DellSigna heard "beautiful things" as he sat in the rising moonlight, with the bells of the little bindweed white about his feet.
Wisdom, Wit, and Pathos of Ouida | Ouida"It's quite romantic," said Belle, sitting down on a spar, and twisting some pink bindweed round her hat.
Bosom Friends | Angela Brazil
British Dictionary definitions for bindweed
/ (ˈbaɪndˌwiːd) /
any convolvulaceous plant of the genera Convolvulus and Calystegia that twines around a support: See also convolvulus
any of various other trailing or twining plants, such as black bindweed
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