convolvulus

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun convolvulus has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

convolvulusn. [L., bindweed, fr. convolvere to roll around. So named from its twining stems.].
     A large genus of plants having monopetalous flowers, including the common bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis), and formerly the morning-glory, but this is now transferred to the genus Ipomæa.  [1913 Webster]
    "The luster of the long convolvuluses
    That coiled around the stately stems.
    "  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

convolvulus, n. any twining plant of the genus Convolvulus, with trumpet-shaped flowers, e.g. bindweed.

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