With·wind n. Bot. A kind of bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis).
He bare a burden ybound with a broad list,
In a withewyndes wise ybounden about. --Piers Plowman.
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Bear·bind n. Bot. The bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis).
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Bind·weed n. Bot. A plant of the genus Convolvulus; as, greater bindweed (Convolvulus Sepium); lesser bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis); the white bindweed, the blue bindweed, the Syrian bindweed. The black bryony, or Tamus, is called black bindweed, and the Smilax aspera, rough bindweed.
The fragile bindweed bells and bryony rings. --Tennyson.
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Con·vol·vu·lus n.; pl. L.Convolvuli E. Convoluluses Bot. A large genus of plants having monopetalous flowers, including the common bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis), and formerly the morning-glory, but this is now transferred to the genus Ipomæa.
The luster of the long convolvuluses
That coiled around the stately stems. --Tennyson.
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corn·bind n. Bot. A weed that binds stalks of corn, as Convolvulus arvensis, Polygonum Convolvulus. [Prov. Eng.]
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Convolvulus arvensis
n : weakly climbing European perennial with white or pink
flowers; naturalized in North America and an invasive
weed [syn: field bindweed, wild morning-glory]