Cornbind

/ˈkɔrnbaɪnd/ noun

Definition

A plant that grows among corn crops and winds around the stalks, choking or binding the corn as it grows.

Etymology

Compound of corn + bind, from Old English bindan meaning 'to tie.' Refers to parasitic or invasive plants like dodder that literally bind around corn.

Kelly Says

Farmers have been battling bindweeds for millennia—these plants were so problematic they got their own specific vocabulary, and some like dodder are basically plant vampires, feeding directly on their host!

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