bindweed

C2+ Topic:Plants & Agriculture

US /ˈbaɪndwid/ UK /ˈbaɪndwiːd/ See IPA manual

Meanings

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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 bind weed

Etymology

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

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Topics

Plants & Agriculture Word Formation & Derivatives

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# 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

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