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Bindweed n. (Bot.) A plant of the genus Convolvulus; as, greater bindweed (Convolvulus Sepium); lesser bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis); the white bindweed, the blue bindweed, the Syrian bindweed. The black bryony, or Tamus, is called black bindweed, and the Smilax aspera, rough bindweed. "The fragile bindweed bells and bryony rings."

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Bindweed" Quotes from Famous Books

... walked a little in the neglected garden, where there were old holly hedges that had grown high and wild for want of clipping, and where a curious old sun-dial had fallen down upon the grass in a forlorn way. The paths were all green and moss-grown, and the roses were almost choked with bindweed. I saw Mrs. Darrell gather one of these roses and put it in her breast. It was the first time I have ever seen her pluck a flower, though there was a wealth of ...

— Milly Darrell and Other Tales • M. E. Braddon

... plough went not out; the herds wandered through broken hedges from field to field and came up with staring bones and shrunken sides; a frenzied mob of weeds and thorns wrestled and throttled each other in a struggle for standing-room—rag-weed, smart-weed, sneeze-weed, bindweed, iron-weed—until the burning skies of midsummer checked their growth and crowned their unshorn tops with ...

— The Grandissimes • George Washington Cable

Words linked to "Bindweed" : black bindweed, field bindweed, Calystegia sepium, wild morning-glory, Convolvulus sepium, Convolvulaceae