bindweed

bind·weed

B0257100 (bīnd′wēd′)n.1. Any of various trailing or twining, often weedy plants of the genera Calystegia and Convolvulus, having white, pink, or purple funnel-shaped flowers.2. Any of various similar trailing or twining plants.

bindweed

(ˈbaɪndˌwiːd) n1. (Plants) any convolvulaceous plant of the genera Convolvulus and Calystegia that twines around a support. See also convolvulus2. (Plants) any of various other trailing or twining plants, such as black bindweed

bind•weed

(ˈbaɪndˌwid)

n. any of various twining or vinelike plants, esp. certain species of the genera Convolvulus and Calystegia, of the morning glory family. [1540–50]

Thesaurus

Noun

bindweed - any of several vines of the genera Convolvulus and Calystegia having a twining habitConvolvulaceae, family Convolvulaceae, morning-glory family - morning glory; bindweed; sweet potato; plants having trumpet-shaped flowers and a climbing or twining habitConvolvulus arvensis, field bindweed, wild morning-glory - weakly climbing European perennial with white or pink flowers; naturalized in North America and an invasive weedCalystegia sepium, Convolvulus sepium, hedge bindweed, wild morning-glory - common Eurasian and American wild climber with pink flowers; sometimes placed in genus Convolvulusvine - a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface

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bindweed

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bindweed:

see morning glorymorning glory,
common name for members of the Convolvulaceae, a family of herbs, shrubs, and small trees (many of them climbing forms) inhabiting warm regions, especially the tropics of America and Asia. The family is characterized by milky sap.
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bindweed

Includes Morning Glory. Aggressive vine with funnel-shaped flowers with 5 fused petals. Roots and young shoots used medicinally on some types as survival food and purgative, (causing the body to purge itself), but flowers overall not recommended for consumption because of hallucinogenic compounds. Be careful with these. Some are toxic, some aren’t. Too many for this book too explain. Do research.

Bindweed

(1) A genus of plants(Convolvulus) of the family Convolvulaceae. The plants can be twining or nontwining herbs and shrubs. There are approximately 250 species, distributed mainly in the temperate regions. In the USSR there are 30 species. The most common is the lesser bindweed,(C. arvensis), a persistent perennial soboliferous weed with pale-rose slightly aromatic flowers. The plant grows on cultivated and fallow land, along dams, in ravines, and in other similar habitats. As green fodder bindweed is poisonous in large quantities, but it is harmless in hay. The desert species, C. divaricatus and C. erinaceus, are valuable feed plants. The species C. subhirsutus grows in the forest foothills of Middle Asia. A highly toxic plant of the Crimea, Asia Minor, and the Near East is C. scammonia.

(2) Often the name bindweed includes several species with twining stems of the genus Calystegia, which is also in the family Convolvulaceae.

(3) Sometimes bindweed refers to the South American Ipomoea of the family Convolvulaceae, as well as to the black bindweed (Polygonum convolvulus) of the family Polygonaceae. The black bindweed is a twining annual weed with small plain greenish flowers.

T. V. EGOROVA

bindweed

1. any convolvulaceous plant of the genera Convolvulus and Calystegia that twines around a support 2. any of various other trailing or twining plants, such as black bindweed

bindweed

Related to bindweed: field bindweed, Convolvulus arvensis

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Words related to bindweed

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

Related Words

Convolvulaceae
family Convolvulaceae
morning-glory family
Convolvulus arvensis
field bindweed
wild morning-glory
Calystegia sepium
Convolvulus sepium
hedge bindweed
vine