bindweed

English

Etymology

From bind +‎ weed.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaɪndwiːd/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

bindweed (countable and uncountable, plural bindweeds)

1. Any of several trailing vine-like plants in the family Convolvulaceae with funnel-shaped flowers:
   1. 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.

   2. false bindweed (Calystegia).
   3. slender bindweed (Polymeria calycina).
2. Any of several plants of species in other families with similar appearance:
   1. black bindweed (Fallopia convolvulus).
   2. bittersweet nightshade, blue bindweed (Solanum dulcamara).

Derived terms

• 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

Convolvulaceae

Albanian: morënzë f Arabic: عُلَّيْق (ʕullayq) Armenian: պատատուկ (hy) (patatuk) (Convolvulus) Bulgarian: поветица m (povetica) Czech: please add this translation if you can Dutch: winde (nl) Esperanto: konvolvulo Finnish: kiertokasvi (fi) French: liseron (fr) m Galician: correola (gl) f German: Winde (de) f Greek: Ancient: σμῖλαξ f (smîlax) Hebrew: חֲבַלְבַּל (khavabál) Hungarian: szulák (hu) Italian: vilucchio (it) m, convolvolo (it) m Maori: pōhue, pōhuehue, rauparaha Navajo: nahooyéí Ottoman Turkish: قهقهه (kahkaha) Polish: powój (pl) m Portuguese: convólvulo (pt) m Romanian: volbură (ro) f Russian: вьюно́к (ru) m (vʹjunók) Serbo-Croatian: please add this translation if you can Slovene: please add this translation if you can Spanish: convólvulo (es) m Swedish: vindeväxter c Welsh: taglys m

Calystegia

Belarusian: паво́й m (pavój) Finnish: karhunköynnös (fi) French: liseron (fr) m Hungarian: sövényszulák (hu) Maori: panahi Polish: kielisznik m Russian: пово́й (ru) m (povój) Welsh: taglys m

References

• bindweed on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Calystegia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Calystegia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Convolvulus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Convolvulus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons