Bindweed
/ˈbaɪndˌwiːd/noun
A twining plant, especially a wild morning glory or dodder-like vine that wraps around other plants.
Did you know?Bindweed is a plain Old English compound, but its name preserves the ancient idea of plants as active forces that can seize, entangle, and overtake the living world.
Etymological Timeline
Old English
OE
bindan + wēod
“to bind + weed, a twining plant”
Middle English
ME
bindewede
“a plant that binds or twines around other growth”
Early Modern English
English
bindweed
“a climbing or twining weed”
Modern English
English
bindweed
“a twining wild plant, especially of the morning glory family”