convolvuli
- plural of convolvulus.
Example Sentences
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Deep banks covered with fine grass, beautiful acacias, and festoons of lilac-colored convolvuli stretched, along on either side of the stream.
From The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa by Badlam, Anna B.
The grasses and wild flowers bordering the pathway were strange to me;—nevertheless, the palings were covered with convolvuli like our own, and I recognized in the gardens, china asters, zinnias, and other familiar flowers.
From Madame Chrysantheme by Loti, Pierre
The golden curls, the elfish laugh, Rose cheeks and glittering eye Are glories, too, like bells of blue And red convolvuli.
From The Blood of Rachel A Dramatization of Esther, and other poems by Noe, Cotton
Its banks were covered with brush, and the masses of convolvuli almost hid it in places.
From The Ruined Cities of Zululand by Walmsley, Hugh Mulleneux
Round the surfaces of these stems the green leaves and purple flowers of convolvuli clung.
From A Visit to Java With an Account of the Founding of Singapore by Worsfold, W. Basil (William Basil)
