convolvulus arvensis

6 definitions found

convolvulus arvensis - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Withwind \With"wind`\, n. [AS. wi[eth]owinde.] (Bot.)
     A kind of bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis).
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           He bare a burden ybound with a broad list,
           In a withewyndes wise ybounden about.    --Piers
                                                    Plowman.
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  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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  cornbind \corn"bind`\ (k[^o]rn"b[imac]nd`), n. (Bot.)
     A weed that binds stalks of corn, as Convolvulus arvensis,
     Polygonum Convolvulus. [Prov. Eng.]
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  Bearbind \Bear"bind`\, n. (Bot.)
     The bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis).
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  Bindweed \Bind"weed`\, n. (Bot.)
     A plant of the genus Convolvulus; as, greater bindweed
     (Convolvulus Sepium); lesser bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis
     ); the white bindweed, the blue bindweed, the
     Syrian bindweed. The black bryony, or Tamus, is called
     black bindweed, and the Smilax aspera, rough bindweed.
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           The fragile bindweed bells and bryony rings.
                                                    --Tennyson.
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convolvulus arvensis - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Convolvulus arvensis
      n 1: weakly climbing European perennial with white or pink
           flowers; naturalized in North America and an invasive weed
           [syn: field bindweed, wild morning-glory, Convolvulus arvensis
           ]