GENUS CONVOLVULUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Convolvulus mean? 

• GENUS CONVOLVULUS (noun)
  The noun GENUS CONVOLVULUS has 1 sense:

1. genus of mostly climbing or scrambling herbs and shrubs: bindweed

  Familiarity information: GENUS CONVOLVULUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS CONVOLVULUS (noun)

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Meaning:

Genus of mostly climbing or scrambling herbs and shrubs: bindweed

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Nouns denoting plants

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)