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   Convolvulus , 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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