BINDWEED

bindweed

(noun) any of several vines of the genera Convolvulus and Calystegia having a twining habit

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

bindweed (countable and uncountable, plural bindweeds)

Trailing vine-like plants in the family Convolvulaceae with funnel-shaped flowers.

true bindweed, genus Convolvulus.

false bindweed, genus Calystegia.

slender bindweed, Polymeria calycina

Plants of species in other families with similar appearance

black bindweed, Fallopia convolvulus

bittersweet nightshade, blue bindweed, Solanum dulcamara

Source: Wiktionary

Bind"weed`, n. (Bot.)

Definition: A plant of the genus Convolvulus; as, greater bindweed (C. Sepium); lesser bindweed (C. arvensis); the white, the blue, 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. Tennyson.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition