convolvulus arvensis



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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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:


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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:


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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:


Bearbind \Bear"bind`\, n. (Bot.)
   The bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis).
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:


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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