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ROUGH BINDWEED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rough bindweed mean? 

ROUGH BINDWEED (noun)
  The noun ROUGH BINDWEED has 1 sense:

1. creeping or climbing evergreen having spiny zigzag stems with shiny leaves and racemes of pale-green flowers; Canary Islands to southern Europe and Ethiopia and Indiaplay

  Familiarity information: ROUGH BINDWEED used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ROUGH BINDWEED (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Creeping or climbing evergreen having spiny zigzag stems with shiny leaves and racemes of pale-green flowers; Canary Islands to southern Europe and Ethiopia and India

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

rough bindweed; Smilax aspera

Hypernyms ("rough bindweed" is a kind of...):

sarsaparilla (any of various prickly climbing plants of the tropical American genus Smilax having aromatic roots and heart-shaped leaves)


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