† convolvineadj.
Obsolete. rare.
In convolvine potato, the Sweet Potato or batata n. ( Batatas edulis, family Convolvulaceæ).
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convolvine potato1756
1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica i. ii. 11 Nor does the vanilla,..the maze, the convolvine potato,..grow any where..in greater perfection.
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adj.1756- spindlelegged
- spindleless
- spindlelike
- spindlemaker
- spindlepear
- spindlepointed
- spindleproduction
- spindler
- spindlerooted
- spindlers
- spindlers-boat
- spindlersboat
- spindles
- spindlescrew
- spindleshank
- spindleshanked
- spindleshaped
- spindleshell
- spindleshinned
- spindleside
- spindlestromb
- spindletree
- spindletwirl
- spindlevalve
- spindlewhirl