Bindweed

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bindweed \Bind"weed`\, 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}.


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           The fragile bindweed bells and bryony rings.
                                                    --Tennyson.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  bindweed
       n : any of several vines of the genera Convolvulus and
           Calystegia having a twining habit