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Webster 1913 Edition


Bindweed

Bind′weedˊ

,
Noun.
(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.