black bindweed

noun

1. a weedy twining vine, Polygonum convolvulus, native to Europe and widely naturalized in North America.

2. black bryony.

black bindweed

noun

1. a twining polygonaceous European plant, Polygonum convolvulus , with heart-shaped leaves and triangular black seed pods

Word History and Origins

Origin of black bindweed¹

An Americanism dating back to 1835–45

Example Sentences

The black bryony, or Tamus, is called black bindweed, and the Smilax aspera, rough bindweed.

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Certain fields under the plow are always infested with "blind nettles," others with wild buckwheat, black bindweed, or cockle.

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