black bindweed

black bindweed

noun
1.
a weedy twining vine, Polygonum convolvulus, native to Europe and widely naturalized in North America.

Origin:
1835–45, Americanism

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black bindweed
 
n
a twining polygonaceous European plant, Polygonum convolvulus, with heart-shaped leaves and triangular black seed pods

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Black bindweed is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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