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convolvulus

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con·vol·vu·lus  (kn-vlvy-ls)
n. pl. con·vol·vu·lus·es or con·vol·vu·li (-l)
Any of various mostly trailing or twining plants of the widespread genus Convolvulus, having funnel-shaped flowers and including several weeds and a few grown as ornamentals.
[Latin, bindweed, from convolvere, to intertwine; see convolve.]
convolvulus
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pl -luses or -li a twining plant with funnel-shaped flowers and triangular leaves [Latin: bindweed]
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Noun1.convolvulusconvolvulus - any of numerous plants of the genus Convolvulus
genus Convolvulus - genus of mostly climbing or scrambling herbs and shrubs: bindweed
Convolvulus scammonia, scammony - twining plant of Asia Minor having cream-colored to purple flowers and long thick roots yielding a cathartic resin
vine - a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface
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My Tess, no doubt, almost as many experiences as that wild convolvulus out there on the garden hedge, that opened itself this morning for the first time.
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He saw it creeping into the stained trumpet of a Tyrian convolvulus.
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It was pleasant to see the convolvulus, the passion-flower, and the begonia, all reminding me of home, here among these inhospitable rocks.
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