bindweed

[ bahynd-weed ]

/ ˈbaɪndˌwid /

any of various twining or vinelike plants, especially certain species of the genera Convolvulus and Calystegia.

Origin of bindweed

First recorded in 1540–50; bind + weed¹

It is of little use to dig up the ground near the bushes, for the Bindweed is twisted all among their roots.

Wildflowers of the Farm |Arthur Owens Cooke
You think the Bindweed and the Traveller's Joy beautiful flowers, and so they are.

Wildflowers of the Farm |Arthur Owens Cooke
They 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 Dell
Both 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. Houghton

In an empty nest, at the top of a tall lime-tree, sat Windekind, with his wreath of bindweed.

Little Johannes |Frederik van Eeden

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