bindweed
noun
bind·weed
ˈbīnd-ˌwēd 
: any of various twining plants (especially genus Convolvulus of the morning-glory family) that mat or interlace with plants among which they grow
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Summer Annual Weeds Seeds of warm-season annuals like crabgrass, bindweed, knotweed and lamb’s quarters germinate in spring and plants often get a jump on growth before heat-loving grasses like bermudagrass get started.
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Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 5 Apr. 2025
Garden designer Erin Lau of Erin Lau Design recommends focusing on field bindweed and common catsear.
—Karen Hugg, Washington Post, 28 Sep. 2023
Awful Weed #5: Field Bindweed Looking like a wild morning glory, field bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis) is a vigorous perennial vine that often snakes its way up, over, and through your garden plants.
—Steve Bender, Southern Living, 7 July 2023
Known as field bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis) or hedge bindweed (Convolvulus sepium), both are in the morning glory family and often confused with wild buckwheat and morning glory, which are summer annual plants that aren’t invasive.
—oregonlive, 4 Apr. 2022
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Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 5 Apr. 2025
Garden designer Erin Lau of Erin Lau Design recommends focusing on field bindweed and common catsear.
—Karen Hugg, Washington Post, 28 Sep. 2023
Awful Weed #5: Field Bindweed Looking like a wild morning glory, field bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis) is a vigorous perennial vine that often snakes its way up, over, and through your garden plants.
—Steve Bender, Southern Living, 7 July 2023
Known as field bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis) or hedge bindweed (Convolvulus sepium), both are in the morning glory family and often confused with wild buckwheat and morning glory, which are summer annual plants that aren’t invasive.
—oregonlive, 4 Apr. 2022
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“Bindweed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bindweed. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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bindweed
noun
bind·weed
ˈbīn-ˌdwēd
: any of various twining plants related especially to the morning glories
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