Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Convolvulus"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Mechoacan \Me*cho"a*can\, n.
A species of jalap, of very feeble properties, said to be
obtained from the root of a species of {Convolvulus} ({C.
Mechoacan}); -- so called from Michoacan, in Mexico, whence
it is obtained.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Convolvulus \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
{Ipom[ae]a}.
The luster of the long convolvuluses That coiled around
the stately stems. --Tennyson.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
convolvulus
n : any of numerous plants of the genus Convolvulus
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