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

In today’s network of instant information, curious if not questionable practices sweep through the gardening community faster than bindweed can choke a neglected berry patch.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 24, 2023

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

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

In the garden of music, jazz is bindweed.

From The Guardian • Apr. 29, 2013

The chief flowers here are only broom and bindweed, and I begin to weary for my heather and for my Susie; but oh dear, the ways are long and the days few.

From Hortus Inclusus Messages from the Wood to the Garden, Sent in Happy Days to the Sister Ladies of the Thwaite, Coniston by Ruskin, John