bindweed
Americannoun
noun
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any convolvulaceous plant of the genera Convolvulus and Calystegia that twines around a support See also convolvulus
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any of various other trailing or twining plants, such as black bindweed
Etymology
Origin of bindweed
Example Sentences
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Although most gardeners have a complicated relationship with morning glory, this singular annual is a treasure and will not colonize the garden like nasty bindweed.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 2, 2022
Anyone who has tried to eradicate noxious bindweed knows all too well how tenacious some roots can be.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 12, 2022
Within weeks, the paths would have been entangled with bramble and honeysuckle, the herb garden strangled with bindweed.
From The New Yorker • Aug. 2, 2019
Much of that paper money has come from his chain, Jamie's Italian, which is sprouting across British high streets like bindweed in a damp summer.
From The Guardian • Jul. 5, 2012
She came to the ditch; and forget-me-nots were growing there, and meadow-sweet; and a very little way off was a hedge of whitethorn, and elder bushes grew there, too, and bindweed with white flowers.
From Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian)
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