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GENUS CONVOLVULUS
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Genus of mostly climbing or scrambling herbs and shrubs: bindweed
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Convolvulus" is a kind of...):
dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)
Meronyms (members of "genus Convolvulus"):
convolvulus (any of numerous plants of the genus Convolvulus)
Convolvulus arvensis; field bindweed; wild morning-glory (weakly climbing European perennial with white or pink flowers; naturalized in North America and an invasive weed)
Holonyms ("genus Convolvulus" is a member of...):
Convolvulaceae; family Convolvulaceae; morning-glory family (morning glory; bindweed; sweet potato; plants having trumpet-shaped flowers and a climbing or twining habit)
