Definition of Calystegia

1. Noun. Climbing or scrambling herbs: bindweed.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Calystegia

Calvinizes
Calvinizing
Calvino
Calycanthaceae
Calycanthus
Calycanthus floridus
Calycanthus occidentalis
Calycophyllum
Calycophyllum candidissimum
Calydon
Calymmatobacterium granulomatis
Calymmian
Calypso
Calypso bulbosa
Calyptridium umbellatum
Calystegia
Calystegia sepium
Caló
Cam River
Camaguey
Camargue
Cambarus
Camberwell beauties
Camberwell beauty
Cambodia
Cambodian

Literary usage of Calystegia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1900)
"Includes calystegia. BINDWEED. A genus of about 175 species, widely distributed in ... The botanical distinction between Convolvulus and calystegia is not ..."

2. Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society by Horticultural Society of London (1846)
"... it does not seem to grow above a foot high. It will doubtless be abundantly multiplied from seeds. Aug. 26, 1845. 12. calystegia ..."

3. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William MacKinley Klein (1993)
"FGB calystegia pubescens Lindi. Japanese bindweed Herbaceous perennial ... F; calystegia hederacea Wallich pro parte C calystegia sepium (L.) R.Br. sensu ..."

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