bindweed C2+ Topic:Plants & Agriculture US /ˈbaɪndwid/ UK /ˈbaɪndwiːd/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun a twining climbing plant with trumpet-shaped flowers, often a pernicious weed Bindweed had wound itself around every stem in the neglected garden. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a twining climbing plant... convolvulusmorning glory Word family Related forms bindweed Etymology AI details A compound of bind (from its twining habit, Old English bindan 'to bind') + weed (Old English wēod 'herb, weed'). bindan Old English wēod Old English View etymology graph -> Topics Plants & Agriculture Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # bindweed **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈbaɪndwid/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈbaɪndwiːd/ ## Meanings 1. a twining climbing plant with trumpet-shaped flowers, often a pernicious weed ## Examples - Bindweed had wound itself around every stem in the neglected garden. ## Synonyms - convolvulus - morning glory ## Related Forms - bind - weed ## Roots and Affixes - Root: bindan - Root: wēod ## Etymology A compound of bind (from its twining habit, Old English bindan 'to bind') + weed (Old English wēod 'herb, weed'). ## AI Etymology Bindweed is a compound of bind (from its twining habit, Old English bindan 'to bind') + weed (Old English wēod 'herb, weed'). The historical trail runs through bindan in Old English and wēod in Old English. Morphologically, bindweed is transparent: it is a compound of bind (from its twining habit, Old English bindan 'to bind') + weed (Old English wēod 'herb, weed'). Used as a noun, bindweed now means "a twining climbing plant with trumpet-shaped flowers, often a pernicious weed", so the present definition can be read against the older forms and meanings. The same lexical family is also visible in related forms such as bind and weed. The modern word remains analyzable through its parts, which makes the semantic connection unusually direct. ## Topics - Plants & Agriculture - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown