Convolvulus

Origin

From Latin convolvulus ("bindweed; caterpillar"), from convolvō ("convolve").

Full definition of convolvulus

Noun

1. (botany) Any of several plants, of the genus Convolvulus, found in temperate climates, having small trumpet-shaped flowers.
• 1922, Virginia Woolf, , Vintage Classics, paperback edition, page 51,Already the convolvulus moth was spinning over the flowers.

Synonyms

• bindweed
• morning glory