Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A former genus name of several plants of the family Convolvulaceæ, now referred to Convolvulus.
- noun [lowercase] A plant of this group.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a genus of climbing or scrambling herbs; bindweed.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun climbing or scrambling herbs: bindweed
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Examples
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And a great gala we made of it when she came in from gathering the seeds of the calystegia, which she had been sent for.
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A variety of cactus made its appearance, and among several strange plants were numerous and beautiful clusters of a plant resembling _mirabilis jalapa_, with a handsome convolvulus I had not hitherto seen, (_calystegia_.)
The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California To which is Added a Description of the Physical Geography of California, with Recent Notices of the Gold Region from the Latest and Most Authentic Sources Brevet Col. J.C. Fremont 1851
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