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Webster 1913 Edition


Convolvulus

Con-vol′vu-lus

(kŏn-vŏl′vū̍-lŭs)
,
Noun.
;
pl. L.
Convolvuli
(#)
, E.
Convoluluses
(#)
.
[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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Convolvulus

CONVOLVULUS

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

Definition 2024


Convolvulus

Convolvulus

See also: convolvulus

Translingual

Convolvulus mauritanicus

Proper noun

Convolvulus m

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Convolvulaceae – the true bindweeds or convolvuluses.

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convolvulus

convolvulus

See also: Convolvulus

English

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Noun

convolvulus (plural convolvuluses or convolvuli)

  1. (botany) Any of several plants, of the genus Convolvulus, found in temperate climates, having small trumpet-shaped flowers.
  2. (zoology) A species of hawkmoth, Agrius convolvuli.
    • 1922, Virginia Woolf, Jacob's Room, Vintage Classics, paperback edition, page 51,
      Already the convolvulus moth was spinning over the flowers.

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Latin

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Etymology

convolvō + -ulus

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /konˈwol.wu.lus/, [kɔnˈwɔɫ.wʊ.ɫʊs]

Noun

convolvulus m (genitive convolvulī); second declension

  1. the caterpillar of the vine moth (Eupoecilia ambiguella), which wraps itself up in the leaves of the vine
  2. larger bindweed, hedge bindweed, Rutland beauty, bugle vine, heavenly trumpets, bellbind, granny-pop-out-of-bed (Calystegia sepium)
  3. (Medieval Latin) colic (severe pains that grip the abdomen or the disease that causes such pains)

Declension

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative convolvulus convolvulī
genitive convolvulī convolvulōrum
dative convolvulō convolvulīs
accusative convolvulum convolvulōs
ablative convolvulō convolvulīs
vocative convolvule convolvulī

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