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bindweed

/bahynd-weed/US // ˈbaɪndˌwid //UK // (ˈbaɪndˌwiːd) //

捆草,捆扎草,捆绑草,粘结剂

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : any of various twining or vinelike plants, especially certain species of the genera Convolvulus and Calystegia.

Examples

  • It belongs to the Convolvulus or Bindweed order, but is entirely different from the rest of the family.

  • Both kinds of bindweed, however, are mischievous weeds; the large kind you may find in flower as late as September.

  • They are as much out of place near you as a bed of bindweed would be in the neighbourhood of a passion-flower.

  • Signa heard "beautiful things" as he sat in the rising moonlight, with the bells of the little bindweed white about his feet.

  • "It's quite romantic," said Belle, sitting down on a spar, and twisting some pink bindweed round her hat.