convolvulus
Noun
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Noun
convolvulus (plural convolvuluses or convolvuli)
- (botany) Any of several plants, of the genus Convolvulus, found in temperate climates, having small trumpet-shaped flowers.
- 1994, Edmund Swinglehurst, The Art of the Pre-Raphaelites: A Compilation of Works from the Bridgeman Art Library, Parragon Book Service Limited, ISBN 1858136113, “Stages of Cruelty · 1856–90 · Ford Madox Brown”, page 38/2:
- In this painting he uses the lovers for his narrative and makes his symbolic points with the convolvulus, signifying entanglements, climbing up the steps.
- 1994, Edmund Swinglehurst, The Art of the Pre-Raphaelites: A Compilation of Works from the Bridgeman Art Library, Parragon Book Service Limited, ISBN 1858136113, “Stages of Cruelty · 1856–90 · Ford Madox Brown”, page 38/2:
- (zoology) A species of hawkmoth, Agrius convolvuli.
- 1922, Virginia Woolf, Jacob's Room, Vintage Classics, paperback edition, page 51,
- Already the convolvulus moth was spinning over the flowers.
- 1922, Virginia Woolf, Jacob's Room, Vintage Classics, paperback edition, page 51,
- French: convolvulus
- Italian: convolvolo
- Portuguese: convólvulo
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