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[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Convolvulus_althaeoides_Habitus_15March2007_Torrelamata.jpg/220px-Convolvulus_althaeoides_Habitus_15March2007_Torrelamata.jpg)
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Etymology
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[edit]Noun
[edit]bindweed (countable and uncountable, plural bindweeds)
- Any of several trailing vine-like plants in the family Convolvulaceae with funnel-shaped flowers:
- The true bindweed (Convolvulus).
- 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, pages 79–80:
- the slender bindweed wound about with its pale and delicate flowers—so delicate, yet so deadly; and one or two late flowers yet put forth their wan blossoms, pining as if gentle exiles of the spring, and yet very, very lovely.
- The false bindweed (Calystegia).
- The slender bindweed (Polymeria calycina).
- The true bindweed (Convolvulus).
- Any of several plants of species in other families with similar appearance:
Derived terms
[edit]- black bindweed (Fallopia convolvulus, Tamus communis)
- blue bindweed (Solanum dulcamara)
- bracted bindweed (Convolvulus spithamaeus)
- climbing bindweed (Fallopia convolvulus)
- corn bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis)
- European bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis)
- field bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis)
- giant bindweed (Calystegia silvatica)
- great bindweed (Convolvulus sepium)
- greater bindweed (Convolvulus sepium)
- hedge bindweed (Convolvulus sepium)
- ivy bindweed (Fallopia convolvulus)
- knot bindweed (Fallopia convolvulus)
- large bindweed (Calystegia silvatica)
- larger bindweed (Calystegia sepium)
- lesser bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis)
- low bindweed (Convolvulus spithamaeus)
- Mexican bindweed (Rivea corymbosa)
- mountain bindweed (Soldanella spp.)
- New Zealand bindweed (Calystegia tuguriorum)
- rough bindweed (Smilax aspera)
- sea bindweed (Convolvulus soldanella)
- slender bindweed (Polymeria calycina)
- small bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis)
- Syrian bindweed (Convolvulus coelesyriacus)
- white bindweed (Calystegia marginata)
Translations
[edit]Convolvulaceae
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Calystegia
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References
[edit]bindweed on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Calystegia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Calystegia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Convolvulus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Convolvulus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons