convoluluses

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convoluluses - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Convolvulus \Con*vol"vu*lus\ (k[o^]n*v[o^]l"v[-u]*l[u^]s), 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 Ipom[ae]a.
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           The luster of the long convolvuluses
           That coiled around the stately stems.    --Tennyson.
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