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CONVOLVULUS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: convolvuli   

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Any of numerous plants of the genus Convolvulus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("convolvulus" is a kind of...):

vine (a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "convolvulus"):

Convolvulus scammonia; scammony (twining plant of Asia Minor having cream-colored to purple flowers and long thick roots yielding a cathartic resin)

Holonyms ("convolvulus" is a member of...):

genus Convolvulus (genus of mostly climbing or scrambling herbs and shrubs: bindweed)

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