convolvulus
noun
any plant belonging to the genus Convolvulus, of the morning glory family, comprising twining or prostrate plants having trumpet-shaped flowers.
convolvuli
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pluralof convolvulus.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The soft winds moved the leaves of the silver poplar, the violet-scented air fanned their cheeks, the convolvuli were closing, and the narcissi nodded good-night; it seemed sacrilege to break in on the perfumed silence.
From Saronia A Romance of Ancient Ephesus by Richard Short
On either side the jungle rose to the height of about two hundred feet--a tangled mass of vegetation, of creepers, vines, convolvuli, so densely interwoven as to give the effect of endless walls.
From The Fire-Gods A Tale of the Congo by Charles Gilson
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 Pierre Loti
She wore a delicately hued French frock and a mauve hat covered with blue convolvuli, but in her extraordinary self-absorption and intentness of thought there was something uncivilised about her.
From The Halo by B. Martin Justice
I am in a charming light room, with three windows down to the ground, and a bewitching paper of pale green, with slender gold rods running up it, all wound round with various colored convolvuli.
From Records of Later Life by Fanny Kemble
