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Webster 1913 Edition

(kŏn-vŏl′vū̍-lŭs)

Noun.

;

pl. L.

Convolvuli

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, E.

Convoluluses

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[L., bindweed, fr.

convolvere

to roll around. So named from its twining stems.]

(Bot.)

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

The luster of the long

convolvuluses

That coiled around the stately stems.

Tennyson.

Noun.

[L.] Bindweed, a genus of plants of many species.