Obs. [ad. MDu. wedewinde = G. wehdwinde (see WITHWIND), with assimilation of the first element to WEED sb.] a. Black Bindweed, Polygonum Convolvulus. b. Wild Convolvulus, Convolvulus arvensis.
1578. Lyte, Dodoens, III. liii. 394. Of blacke Withiwinde, or Bindeweede … This kinde of Bindeweede is called … in shoppes Volubilis media, that is to say, The meane Bindeweede … in English Weedewinde, and Windweede, or Iuybindweede.
1597. Gerarde, Herbal, Table Engl. Names, Weedwind, that is withywind.
1601. R. Chester, Love’s Mart. (1878), 82. Sweete Trefoile, Weedwind, the wholesome Wormewood.
1665. Lovell, Herball (ed. 2), 465. Weed wind, see Withy wind.
