bindweednoun [ U ]
uk/ˈbaɪnd.wiːd/us/ˈbaɪnd.wiːd/a wild plant with white and pink flowers that twists itself around other plants as it grows
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Climbing plants
- bougainvillea
- clematis
- climber
- creeper
- creeping plant
- grapevine
- honeysuckle
- ivied
- ivy
- jasmine
- passion flower
- poison ivy
- sarsaparilla
- sweet pea
- twine
- vine
- Virginia creeper
- wisteria
- woodbine
Examples from literature
- Attracted by the freshness of the spot, I approached and in the midst of a confusion of iris, mint and bindweed, I saw a blonde head quenching its thirst at the stream.
- Near by, too, is a hedge covered with great white blooms of the bindweed.
- Tall rank grass flourished on every side, carriage-way and borders alike had been blotted into a springing waste, and the few sprawling shrubs which we could recognize hardly emerged from beneath the choking smother of luxuriant bindweed.
- The bindweed has a creeping root, wild garlic has a bulb, and such forms are always producing new forms underground while the seed above the ground is able to do the same thing.