convolvulus

American  

[kuhn-vol-vyuh-luhs] / kənˈvɒl vyə ləs /

noun

plural

convolvuluses, convolvuli

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

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convolvulus British  

/ kənˈvɒlvjʊləs /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of convolvulus

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

Example Sentences

The gaping mouth of the skeleton was filled with fertile loam and from this was already rising a curling shoot of convolvulus, bearing its delicate flowers.

From Time Magazine Archive

As a humped convolvulus rearing its dragon’s head from an icy lake.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

Bear′-ber′ry, a trailing plant of the heath family, a species of the Arbutus; Bear′bine, a species of convolvulus, closely allied to the bindweed; Bear′-gar′den, an enclosure where bears are kept; a rude, turbulent assembly.—adj.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

The fly-wheel whirled about, beating the air to musical resonance; the steel sinew of Behemoth stretched across the stubble, dragging the shares remorselessly through tender roots of pimpernel and creeping convolvulus.

From Greene Ferne Farm by Jefferies, Richard

Lovely flowering climbers were planted, quick growing ones, wild convolvulus and clematis, with a few roses, and before the summer was half done all the walls were covered with a wealth of floral beauty.

From Harry Milvaine The Wanderings of a Wayward Boy by Stables, Gordon