'Syrian bindweed' definitions:
Definition of 'Syrian bindweed'
From: GCIDE
- Bindweed \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. [1913 Webster]
- The fragile bindweed bells and bryony rings. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]