Convolvulus

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun 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 Ipomaea.

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convolvulus
convolvŭlus, i, m. [convolvo]. I A caterpillar that wraps itself up in a leaf , Gr. ἴψ, Cato R. R. ...

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