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[syn: black bryony, black bindweed, Tamus communis]
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.
[1913 Webster]
The fragile bindweed bells and bryony rings.
--Tennyson.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
black bindweed
n 1: common European twining vine with tuberous roots and
cordate leaves and red berries [syn: black bryony, black
bindweed, Tamus communis]