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bindweed

English edit

 
true bindweed
 
false bindweed
 
black bindweed
 
slender bindweed
 
blue bindweed

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bind +‎ weed

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Noun edit

bindweed (countable and uncountable, plural bindweeds)

  1. Any of several trailing vine-like plants in the family Convolvulaceae with funnel-shaped flowers:
    1. The true bindweed (Convolvulus).
      • 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, pages 79–80:
        the slender bindweed wound about with its pale and delicate flowers—so delicate, yet so deadly; and one or two late flowers yet put forth their wan blossoms, pining as if gentle exiles of the spring, and yet very, very lovely.
    2. The false bindweed (Calystegia).
    3. The slender bindweed (Polymeria calycina).
  2. Any of several plants of species in other families with similar appearance:
    1. The black bindweed (Fallopia convolvulus).
    2. The bittersweet nightshade, blue bindweed (Solanum dulcamara).

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