bindweed
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- noun
- /ˈbaɪndˌwiːd/
- Specialized
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campanilla
- The gardener struggled to control the bindweed that was quickly overtaking the flower beds.
- bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis)
- field bindweed
Examples
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To prevent bindweed from spreading, she regularly checked her garden for its thick, twisting vines.
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Here, one needed to pull bindweed by hand, one by one, and only then to thrash them.
Fiction book (1996) -
I started the fire and tossed the bindweed and other weeds into it.
Fiction book (1996) -
In addition, yellow bindweed entangled them so that even the hoe was getting stuck.
Fiction book (1996) -
Vines of bindweed twined in the spokes of the tall wheels.
Fiction book (1997) -
Over the past 73 years, he's watched Canada thistle and bindweed take over 160 acres of prime winter wheat cropland.
Academic text (1994) -
And all plants we have shunned: poison hemlock, pigweed, bindweed, stinging nettle, bull thistle.
Academic text (1994) -
Removing bindweed requires persistence, as its roots can grow deep and are often hard to pull out.
Synonyms
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A wild plant that grows where people do not want it and harms other plants
A climbing or spreading plant with trumpet-shaped flowers
A climbing plant with trumpet-shaped white or pale pink flowers that spreads quickly
A climbing wildflower with twining stems and pink or white trumpet-shaped flowers
A climbing plant with white or pink flowers that spreads quickly and grows as a weed
A climbing evergreen plant with spiny zigzag stems, shiny leaves, and pale green flowers
A climbing plant with heart-shaped leaves and small red berries
Compounds
- Specialized
A climbing plant with white or pink flowers that spreads quickly and grows as a weed
A climbing wildflower with twining stems and pink or white trumpet-shaped flowers
A climbing evergreen plant with spiny zigzag stems, shiny leaves, and pale green flowers
How Invasive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word bindweed comes from two simple parts, bind and weed, where bind means 'to tie' and weed means 'a wild plant'. It names a plant that twists and ties itself around flowers and crops, which explains why gardeners call it bindweed.