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
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He said Citizen Zoo have many other plants on their radar, including copse bindweed, a native British climbing plant.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
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
From the viewpoint of the continent, our representatives must look like bindweed throttling everything else in the vicinity.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 6, 2010
The door mouldings described curves which rambled madly like stalks of tropical bindweed without any apparent reason.
From The Children of Alsace Les Oberl?s by Ren? Bazin
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