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bind·weed

(bīnd′wēd′)

1. Any of various trailing or twining, often weedy plants of the genera Calystegia and Convolvulus, having white, pink, or purple funnel-shaped flowers.

2. Any of various similar trailing or twining plants.

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bindweed

(ˈbaɪndˌwiːd)

1. (Plants) any convolvulaceous plant of the genera Convolvulus and Calystegia that twines around a support. See also convolvulus

2. (Plants) any of various other trailing or twining plants, such as black bindweed

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

bind•weed

(ˈbaɪndˌwid)

n.

any of various twining or vinelike plants, esp. certain species of the genera Convolvulus and Calystegia, of the morning glory family.

[1540–50]

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Noun

bindweed - any of several vines of the genera Convolvulus and Calystegia having a twining habit

Convolvulaceae, family Convolvulaceae, morning-glory family - morning glory; bindweed; sweet potato; plants having trumpet-shaped flowers and a climbing or twining habit

Convolvulus arvensis, field bindweed, wild morning-glory - weakly climbing European perennial with white or pink flowers; naturalized in North America and an invasive weed

Calystegia sepium, Convolvulus sepium, hedge bindweed, wild morning-glory - common Eurasian and American wild climber with pink flowers; sometimes placed in genus Convolvulus

vine - a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface

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bindweed

[ˈbaɪndwiːd] N → convólvulo m, enredadera f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

bindweed

[ˈbaɪndwiːd] n → liseron m

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

bindweed

n → Winde f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

bindweed

[ˈbaɪndˌwiːd] n → convolvolo

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

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Enormous trees, the trunks of which attained a height of 200 feet, were tied to each other by garlands of bindweed, real natural hammocks, which a light breeze rocked.

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BINDWEED Probably the most prevalent of weeds in the average garden is bindweed, a rampant strangler which twirls itself around prize plants and produces funnelshaped white flowers of its own.

A perennial problem; HOW TO BEAT THE HARDY WEEDS INVADING YOUR GARDEN THIS SUMMER

| TACKLE bindweed in the borders - remove by digging up every piece of white root or paint on weed killer (you don't want to kill another plant in the process by spraying wildly).

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| BINDWEED THIS strangler twirls itself around prize plants and produces funnel-shaped white flowers of its own.

Weed out those unwanted garden invaders

It's similar to bindweed, with its fleshy white underground stems known as rhizomes spreading rapidly.

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QWHAT'S the best way to get rid of bindweed? Vera ABINDWEED is a rapidly spreading vine with white trumpet flowers that can be a real pest.

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| Tackle bindweed in the borders - remove by digging up every piece of white root or paint on weedkiller (you don't want to kill other plants by spraying wildly).

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It will prevent the creeping roots of bindweed and nettles sneaking in from neighbouring gardens.

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Field bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis) is a noxious weed of agricultural crops.

ALLELOPATHIC EFFECT OF FIELD BINDWEED (CONVOLVULUS ARVENSIS L.) WATER EXTRACTS ON GERMINATION AND INITIAL GROWTH OF MAIZE

"The Ramah Navajo made an infusion of bindweed to treat spider bites; they drank the tea and also rubbed it on the bite.