A common climbing plant with heart-shaped leaves and pink or white flowers that twines around other plants.
From Old English 'bindan' (to bind) + 'weed.' Named for its habit of wrapping tightly around other plants, literally binding them together.
Bindweed is so aggressive at 'binding' plants that medieval farmers saw it as nature's way of playing cat's cradle—it can strangle crops while looking delicate and beautiful.
Complete word intelligence in one call. Free tier — 50 lookups/day.