convolvulus Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun any of numerous plants of the genus Convolvulus

WordNet

Con*vol"vu*lus noun
Etymology
L., bindweed, fr. convolvere to roll around. So named from its twining stems.
Wordforms
plural L Convolvuli E Convoluluses
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) A large genus of plants having monopetalous flowers, including the common bindweed (C. arwensis), and formerly the morning-glory, but this is now transferred to the genus Ipomæa.
    The luster of the long convolvuluses That coiled around the stately stems. Tennyson.

Webster 1913