Convolvulus Definition

kən-vŏlvyə-ləs
convolvuli, convolvuluses
noun
Any of a genus (Convolvulus) of trailing, twining, or erect plants of the morning-glory family, with funnel-shaped flowers and triangular leaves.
Webster's New World
pronoun

A taxonomic genus within the family Convolvulaceae — the true bindweeds or convolvuluses.

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Noun

Singular:
convolvulus
Plural:
convolvuli, convolvuluses

Origin of Convolvulus

  • From Latin convolvulus (“bindweed; caterpillar”), from convolvō (“convolve”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin bindweed from convolvere to intertwine convolve

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin convolvulus (“bindweed; caterpillar”)

    From Wiktionary

Convolvulus Sentence Examples

  • This is the Convolvulus minor of gardens.

  • Species of Ipomaea (morning glory), Convolvulus and Calystegia are cultivated as ornamental plants.

  • The most characteristic members of the order are twining plants with generally smooth heart-shaped leaves and large showy white or purple flowers, as, for instance, the greater bindweed of English hedges, Calystegia sepium, and many species of the genus Ipomaea, the largest of the order, including the "convolvulus major" of gardens, and morning glory.

  • The large showy flowers are visited by insects for the honey which is secreted by a ring-like disk below the ovary; large Convolvulus sepium, slightly reduced.

  • Convolvulus arvensis (bindweed) is a pest in fields and gardens on account of its wide-spreading underground stem, and many of the dodders (Cuscuta) cause damage to crops.

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