Con*vol"vu*lus (?), 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 (C. arwensis),
and formerly the morning-glory, but this is now
transferred to the genus Ipomæa.
The luster of the
long convolvuluses
That coiled around the stately stems.
Tennyson.
Hear it pronounced