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}]
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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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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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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Bearbind \Bear"bind`\, n. (Bot.)
The bindweed ({Convolvulus arvensis}).
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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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