hedge bindweed
- noun
- /hɛdʒ ˈbaɪndˌwid/
- Hedge bindweed can quickly cover fences and hedges with its lush, twining vines.
Examples
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The pink and white flowers of the hedge bindweed brighten the roadsides in summer.
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Gardeners often struggle to remove hedge bindweed because of its persistent creeping roots.
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The hedge bindweed grows vigorously in many gardens.
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I noticed a beautiful hedge bindweed blooming near the fence.
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Hedge bindweed can quickly cover fences and hedges with its lush, twining vines.
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Gardeners often struggle to remove hedge bindweed because of its persistent creeping roots.
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The pink and white flowers of the hedge bindweed brighten the roadsides in summer.
Synonyms
A fast growing climbing or creeping plant with white funnel shaped flowers that smothers other plants
A climbing plant with pink or white flowers shaped like a trumpet that grows along hedges
A climbing plant with pink or white flowers shaped like small trumpets that often grows over fences and hedges
A plant that grows by twisting around things and has funnel-shaped flowers like morning glory
A climbing plant with white or pink flowers that spreads quickly and grows as a weed
A climbing plant with white or pink flowers that lives many years and grows as a common weed
A climbing plant with pink or white funnel-shaped flowers that often grows as a weed
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound names a type of bindweed associated with hedges, so a learner who knows 'hedge' (row of shrubs) and 'bindweed' (twining invasive plant) can infer it is a twining plant that grows on or near hedges. This is a straightforward compositional compound following regular English noun‑noun formation, not idiomatic or metaphorical.
Etymology
Hedge bindweed gets its name from how the plant grows: the part bind shows it wraps and holds on to hedges, and the part weed shows it is a 'weed' people try to remove. So the name shows a wildflower that wraps around fences and is hard to get rid of.