The Collaborative International Dictionary
black bindweed
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.
The fragile bindweed bells and bryony rings.
--Tennyson.
WordNet
black bindweed
n. common European twining vine with tuberous roots and cordate leaves and red berries [syn: black bryony, Tamus communis]
Usage examples of "black bindweed".
The CLIMBING BUCKWHEAT, or Black Bindweed, also called Bearbind and Cornbind, is Polygonum Convolvulus (Linn.