单词 | convolvulus |
释义 | convolvulus (once / 12416 pages) n WORD FAMILY convolvulus: convolvuli, convolvuluses USAGE EXAMPLESAs a humped convolvulus rearing its dragon’s head from an icy lake. Jeffrey Eugenides, Middlesex: A Novel(2002) Sustainability is, of course, still in, but over the last five years it's become strangely entwined with the convolvulus of "growth". BBC(Nov 29, 2013) Great stands of nettles and strange plants flourish: nightshade, poisonous legumes, convolvulus, digitalis, Afghan poppies, cannabis, aphrodisiacs, psychotropic plants. The Guardian(Jun 11, 2012) n any of numerous plants of the genus Convolvulus Hypo|Hyper Convolvulus scammonia, scammony twining plant of Asia Minor having cream-colored to purple flowers and long thick roots yielding a cathartic resin vine a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface |
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