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Definition of Convolvulaceae
1. Noun. Morning glory; bindweed; sweet potato; plants having trumpet-shaped flowers and a climbing or twining habit.
Generic synonyms: Dicot Family, Magnoliopsid Family
Group relationships: Order Polemoniales, Polemoniales
Member holonyms: Genus Convolvulus, Bindweed, Argyreia, Genus Argyreia, Calystegia, Genus Calystegia, Cuscuta, Genus Cuscuta, Genus Dichondra, Genus Ipomoea, Ipomoea
Lexicographical Neighbors of Convolvulaceae
Literary usage of Convolvulaceae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Scientific and Applied Pharmacognosy for Students of Pharmacy, and by Henry Kraemer (1915)
"The plants of the convolvulaceae possess a number of interesting ... convolvulaceae),
a perennial twining herb, native of the eastern slopes of the Mexican ..."
2. Handbook of the Flora of Philadelphia and Vicinity: Containing Data Relating by Ida Augusta Keller, Stewardson Brown (1905)
"... herb with spicate flowers and reflexed fruits. Fam. 15. Phrymaceae. Family 1.
convolvulaceae Vent. Morning-glory Family. Style 2-cleft or 2-parted. 1. ..."
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