convolvulus

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a trailing or twining plant of the genus Convolvulus, typically with trumpet-shaped flowers; a bindweed

   White convolvulus climbed through the hedge and opened in the morning sun.

Borrowed in the sixteenth century from Latin convolvulus ("bindweed"), from convolvere ("to roll or wind together"). The name refers to the plant's twining habit.

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