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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