(n) weakly climbing European perennial with white or pink flowers; naturalized in North America and an invasive weed, Syn. Convolvulus arvensis, wild morning-glory
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 Ipomæa. [ 1913 Webster ]
The luster of the long convolvuluses That coiled around the stately stems. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ NL., fr. L. volvere to turn about, to roll. ] (Med.) (a) The spasmodic contraction of the intestines which causes colic. (b) Any twisting or displacement of the intestines causing obstruction; ileus. See Ileus. [ 1913 Webster ]
[蕹菜, wèng càiㄨㄥˋ ㄘㄞˋ] water spinach or ong choy (Ipomoea aquatica), used as a vegetable in south China and southeast Asia; water convolvulus; water morning glory#163622
[蟠尾丝虫 / 蟠尾絲蟲, pán wěi sī chóngㄆㄢˊ ㄨㄟˇ ㄙ ㄔㄨㄥˊ] Onchocerca volvulus, the filarial parasite worm causing "river blindness" or onchocerciasis, the second most common cause of blindness in humans
[蟠尾丝虫症 / 蟠尾絲蟲症, pán wěi sī chóng zhèngㄆㄢˊ ㄨㄟˇ ㄙ ㄔㄨㄥˊ ㄓㄥˋ] "river blindness" or onchocerciasis, the second most common cause of blindness in humans, caused by the filarial parasite worm Onchocerca volvulus
[くうしんさい, kuushinsai] (n) (See 甕菜) ipomoea aquatica; kang kong; water morning glory; (Chinese) water spinach; water convolvulus; swamp cabbage; ong choy; hung tsai; rau muong; pak boong