convolvulus
noun
any plant belonging to the genus Convolvulus, of the morning glory family, comprising twining or prostrate plants having trumpet-shaped flowers.
convolvuluses
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pluralof convolvulus.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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Many words ending in us that formerly were written with only the Latin plural, are now given an English plural also; as, focuses, foci; cactuses, cacti; sarcophaguses, sarcophagi; convolvuluses, convolvuli ; funguses, fungi; nucleuses, nuclei.
From Slips of Speech : a Helpful Book for Everyone Who Aspires to Correct the Everyday Errors of Speaking by Bechtel, John Hendricks
“Let’s sit down and look at the garden,” said he, pointing to a huge log by the near wall—“and aren’t the convolvuluses beautiful?”
From The Ghost Girl by Stacpoole, H. De Vere (Henry De Vere)
‘That charming woman with the shining bunch of hair and convolvuluses?’
From The Hand of Ethelberta by Hardy, Thomas
The second picture represents, on a marble plinth in a niche, a melon, a pear, and a bunch of black grapes with roses, convolvuluses, poppies, and other flowers.
From The Standard Galleries - Holland by Singleton, Esther
The garden, too, was well planted, and all along the wire fence, entirely covering it, were wild convolvuluses.
From Harry Milvaine The Wanderings of a Wayward Boy by Stables, Gordon
