convolvulus

[kuh n-vol-vyuh-luh s]

noun, plural con·vol·vu·lus·es, con·vol·vu·li

[kuh n-vol-vyuh-lahy] /kənˈvɒl vyəˌlaɪ/.

any plant belonging to the genus Convolvulus, of the morning glory family, comprising twining or prostrate plants having trumpet-shaped flowers.

Origin of convolvulus

1545–55; < New Latin, Latin: bindweed, equivalent to convolv(ere) to convolve + -ulus -ule

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Historical Examples of convolvulus

He saw it creeping into the stained trumpet of a Tyrian convolvulus.
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Oscar Wilde
Nature, in learning to form a lily, turned out a convolvulus.
Notes and Queries, Number 72, March 15, 1851
Various
Every wall is green with moss and gay with masses of convolvulus and nasturtium.
Brittany
Mortimer Menpes and Dorothy Menpes
The inner half of the tubuli is narrow, cylindrical; the outer half funnel-like dilated, similar to the flower of Convolvulus.
Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, First Part: Porulosa (Spumellaria and Acantharia)
Ernst Haeckel
The principal genera are Convolvulus, Ipoma and their allies.
Botany for Ladies
Jane Loudon

British Dictionary definitions for convolvulus

convolvulus

noun plural -luses or -li (-ˌlaɪ)

any typically twining herbaceous convolvulaceous plant of the genus Convolvulus, having funnel-shaped flowers and triangular leavesSee also bindweed

Word Origin for convolvulus

C16: from Latin: bindweed; see convolute

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