Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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BUNWEED, BUNWEDE, n. [′bʌnwid]
1 “Ragwort, Senecio jacobæa” (Sc. 1808 Jam., s.v. bunwede; 1814 J. Sinclair Gen. Report Agric. of Scot. II. 558–559; Ayr. 1937 (per Abd.2)).Ayr. 1909 Colville 148:
My friend did not know the Fife name for the ragwort, the weebie, or the Ayrshire bunweed.
2. Applied to the bindweed, Convolvulus arvensis, and to the climbing persicaria, Polygonum convolvulus (Sc. 1808 Jam.).
[O.Sc. bunwed(e), ragwort, a stalk of this (D.O.S.T.); Eng. dial. bun(d)weed, ragwort, scabious, etc. (E.D.D.). In 1 and 2 the roots may be different, see Benweed, ragwort; Bindwood, convolvulus, and cf. Bune. n.]
