Found 2 items, similar to convolvulus.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: convolvulus
convolvulus
n : any of numerous plants of the genus Convolvulus
[also:
convolvuli (pl)]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Convolvulus
Convolvulus
\Con*vol"vu*lus\ (k[o^]n*v[o^]l"v[-u]*l[u^]s), n.;
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
Ipom[ae]a.
[1913 Webster]
The luster of the long convolvuluses
That coiled around the stately stems. --Tennyson.
[1913 Webster]