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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But nothing more; I hold my breath And strain my eager eye; A yellow crown, two eyes of brown, And pink convolvuli!
From The Blood of Rachel A Dramatization of Esther, and other poems by Cotton Noe
And beneath, for contrast, the brilliance of convolvuli and granadillas opposed the tender green.
From A Transient Guest and Other Episodes by Edgar Saltus
The roughly erected fences were, so to speak, smothered with glorious trumpet-blossomed convolvuli, whose bright hues were peering ever from a bed of heart and spear shaped richly green leaves.
From The Golden Magnet by George Manville Fenn
These wild convolvuli grow with such amazing rapidity, that in a month of rainy weather the whole path is blocked.
From Banked Fires by E. W. (Ethel Winifred) Savi
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 Anna B. Badlam
