Convolvulus (k&obreve_;nv&obreve_;lv&uuptack_;lŭs), n.; pl. L.Convolvuli (#), E. Convoluluses (#). [L., bindweed, fr. convolvere to roll around. So named from its twining stems.] (Bot.) A large genus of plants having monopetalous flowers, including the common bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis), and formerly the morning-glory, but this is now transferred to the genus Ipomæa.
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The luster of the long convolvuluses
That coiled around the stately stems. Tennyson.
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