Definition of bindweed
: 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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Cleavers, nettles and bindweed, rejected as too thuggish, were pulled.
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Sweet potatoes are relatives of morning glory (including the wild morning glory or field bindweed), all members of the Ipomea genus.
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These super aggressive weeds include blackberry, Scotch broom, bindweed (also known as invasive morning glory), horsetail, English ivy, poison oak and old man’s beard (also known as traveler’s joy; an invasive species of clematis).
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That’s also an attempt to make our soil less attractive to field bindweed (wild morning glory).
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There’s no mention of quackgrass or field bindweed in its killing swath, but the label may claim that control.
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It can be confused with bindweed (wild morning glory), but is much smaller.
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First Known Use of bindweed
1548
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See words that rhyme with bindweed Britannica.com: Encyclopedia article about bindweed
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