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[syn: field bindweed, wild morning-glory, Convolvulus arvensis]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Withwind \With"wind`\, n. [AS. wi[eth]owinde.] (Bot.)
A kind of bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis).
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He bare a burden ybound with a broad list,
In a withewyndes wise ybounden about. --Piers
Plowman.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Convolvulus \Con*vol"vu*lus\ (k[o^]n*v[o^]l"v[-u]*l[u^]s), n.;
pl. L.Convolvuli, E. Convoluluses. [L., bindweed, fr.
convolvere to roll around. So named from its twining stems.]
(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 Ipom[ae]a.
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The luster of the long convolvuluses
That coiled around the stately stems. --Tennyson.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
cornbind \corn"bind`\ (k[^o]rn"b[imac]nd`), n. (Bot.)
A weed that binds stalks of corn, as Convolvulus arvensis,
Polygonum Convolvulus. [Prov. Eng.]
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Bearbind \Bear"bind`\, n. (Bot.)
The bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis).
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Bindweed \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.
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The fragile bindweed bells and bryony rings.
--Tennyson.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Convolvulus arvensis
n 1: weakly climbing European perennial with white or pink
flowers; naturalized in North America and an invasive weed
[syn: field bindweed, wild morning-glory, Convolvulus
arvensis]