any convolvulaceous plant of the genera Convolvulus and Calystegia that twines around a support
See also convolvulus
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bind•weed
(bīnd′wēd′),USA pronunciation n.
- Plant Biologyany of various twining or vinelike plants, esp. certain species of the genera Convolvulus and Calystegia.
- bind + weed1 1540–50
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