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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 With·wind n.  Bot. A kind of bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis).
 He bare a burden ybound with a broad list,
 In a withewyndes wise ybounden about.   --Piers Plowman.
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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Bear·bind n. Bot. The bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis).
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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 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.
    The fragile bindweed bells and bryony rings.   --Tennyson.
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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Con·vol·vu·lus n.; pl. L.Convolvuli E. Convoluluses   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 Ipomæa.
 The luster of the long convolvuluses
 That coiled around the stately stems.   --Tennyson.
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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 corn·bind n. Bot. A weed that binds stalks of corn, as Convolvulus arvensis, Polygonum Convolvulus. [Prov. Eng.]
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 Convolvulus arvensis
      n : weakly climbing European perennial with white or pink
          flowers; naturalized in North America and an invasive
          weed [syn: field bindweed, wild morning-glory]