bindweed
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bindweed (countable and uncountable, plural bindweeds)
- Trailing vine-like plants in the family Convolvulaceae with funnel-shaped flowers.
- 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.
- false bindweed (Calystegia).
- slender bindweed (Polymeria calycina).
- true bindweed (Convolvulus).
- Plants of species in other families with similar appearance
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Convolvulaceae
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Calystegia
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ReferencesEdit
- bindweed on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Calystegia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Calystegia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Convolvulus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Convolvulus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons