bindweed

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

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

From bind + weed.

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. — Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea, Jules Verne
When yards of bindweed shackled the machinery, the waggoner just turned his head--a sign--for the labourer, who had to run, had to catch and tear away the long green chains full of small pink flowers. — The best British short stories of 1922, Unknown

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