convolvuli

noun, plural con·vol·vu·lus·es, con·vol·vu·li

[-lahy] .

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

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

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convolvulus (kənˈvɒlvjʊləs)

—n , pl -luses, -li
	See also bindweed any typically twining herbaceous convolvulaceous plant of the genus Convolvulus, having funnel-shaped flowers and triangular leaves

[C16: from Latin: bindweed; see convolute]

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