CONVOLVULUS

convolvulus. Convolvulus, n. bindweed, a genus of plants

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Con‐vol″vu‐lus (kŏn‐vŏl″vū̍‐lŭs), 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 (C. 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.