"convolvulus" meaning in English

See convolvulus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: convolvuluses [plural], convolvuli [plural]
Etymology: From Latin convolvulus (“bindweed; caterpillar”), from convolvō (“convolve”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|convolvulus||bindweed; caterpillar}} Latin convolvulus (“bindweed; caterpillar”) Head templates: {{en-noun|+|convolvuli}} convolvulus (plural convolvuluses or convolvuli)
  1. (botany) Any of several plants, of the genus Convolvulus, found in temperate climates, having small trumpet-shaped flowers. Categories (topical): Botany Categories (lifeform): Morning glory family plants, Sphinx moths Translations (plants of the genus Convolvulus): պատատուկ (patatuk) (Armenian), convolvulus [masculine] (French), convólvulo [masculine] (Galician), חֲבַלְבַּל (khavalbal) [masculine] (Hebrew), konvolvulo [masculine] (Ido), ainleog [feminine] (Irish), convolvolo [masculine] (Italian), pōhue (Maori), rauparaha (Maori), pōhuhe (Maori), pōhuehue (Maori), akapōhue (Maori), panahi (Maori), nihinihi (Maori), powój [masculine] (Polish), convólvulo [masculine] (Portuguese), вьюно́к (vʹjunók) [masculine] (Russian), бере́зка (berézka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), бері́зка (berízka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), пові́й (povíj) (Ukrainian), пові́йка (povíjka) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-convolvulus-en-noun-TO7S8h3p Disambiguation of Morning glory family plants: 63 37 Disambiguation of Sphinx moths: 58 42 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 59 41 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 65 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 72 28 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 69 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 70 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 69 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 73 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 72 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 69 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 72 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 72 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 74 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 69 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 72 28 Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'plants of the genus Convolvulus': 92 8
  2. (zoology) A species of hawkmoth, Agrius convolvuli. Categories (topical): Zoology
    Sense id: en-convolvulus-en-noun-Zhq7qvTC Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: bindweed, morning glory

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "convolvulus",
        "4": "",
        "5": "bindweed; caterpillar"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin convolvulus (“bindweed; caterpillar”)",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Latin convolvulus (“bindweed; caterpillar”), from convolvō (“convolve”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "convolvuluses",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "convolvuli",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "+",
        "2": "convolvuli"
      },
      "expansion": "convolvulus (plural convolvuluses or convolvuli)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Botany",
          "orig": "en:Botany",
          "parents": [
            "Biology",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "59 41",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "65 35",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "72 28",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Armenian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "69 31",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with French translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "70 30",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Galician translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "69 31",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Hebrew translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "73 27",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Ido translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "72 28",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Irish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "69 31",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Italian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "72 28",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Maori translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "72 28",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Polish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "74 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Portuguese translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "69 31",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Russian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "72 28",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "63 37",
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Morning glory family plants",
          "orig": "en:Morning glory family plants",
          "parents": [
            "Plants",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "58 42",
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Sphinx moths",
          "orig": "en:Sphinx moths",
          "parents": [
            "Moths",
            "Insects",
            "Arthropods",
            "Animals",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1947, Malcolm Lowry, Under the Volcano, New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, page 318:",
          "text": "Toward it the torrent raced furiously, fed from above, where, down the left bank, transformed abruptly into a great wall of vegetation, water was spouting into the stream through thickets festooned with convolvuli on a higher level than the topmost trees of the jungle.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1994, Edmund Swinglehurst, The Art of the Pre-Raphaelites: A Compilation of Works from the Bridgeman Art Library, Parragon Book Service Limited, “Stages of Cruelty · 1856–90 · Ford Madox Brown”, page 38/2",
          "text": "In this painting he uses the lovers for his narrative and makes his symbolic points with the convolvulus, signifying entanglements, climbing up the steps."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Any of several plants, of the genus Convolvulus, found in temperate climates, having small trumpet-shaped flowers."
      ],
      "id": "en-convolvulus-en-noun-TO7S8h3p",
      "links": [
        [
          "botany",
          "botany"
        ],
        [
          "plants",
          "plants"
        ],
        [
          "Convolvulus",
          "Convolvulus#Translingual"
        ],
        [
          "flowers",
          "flowers"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(botany) Any of several plants, of the genus Convolvulus, found in temperate climates, having small trumpet-shaped flowers."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "botany",
        "natural-sciences"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "patatuk",
          "sense": "plants of the genus Convolvulus",
          "word": "պատատուկ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "plants of the genus Convolvulus",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "convolvulus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "plants of the genus Convolvulus",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "convólvulo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "khavalbal",
          "sense": "plants of the genus Convolvulus",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "חֲבַלְבַּל"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "plants of the genus Convolvulus",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "konvolvulo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "plants of the genus Convolvulus",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ainleog"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "plants of the genus Convolvulus",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "convolvolo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "plants of the genus Convolvulus",
          "word": "pōhue"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "plants of the genus Convolvulus",
          "word": "rauparaha"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "plants of the genus Convolvulus",
          "word": "pōhuhe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "plants of the genus Convolvulus",
          "word": "pōhuehue"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "plants of the genus Convolvulus",
          "word": "akapōhue"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "plants of the genus Convolvulus",
          "word": "panahi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "plants of the genus Convolvulus",
          "word": "nihinihi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "plants of the genus Convolvulus",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "powój"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "plants of the genus Convolvulus",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "convólvulo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vʹjunók",
          "sense": "plants of the genus Convolvulus",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "вьюно́к"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "berézka",
          "sense": "plants of the genus Convolvulus",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "бере́зка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "berízka",
          "sense": "plants of the genus Convolvulus",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "бері́зка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "povíj",
          "sense": "plants of the genus Convolvulus",
          "word": "пові́й"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "povíjka",
          "sense": "plants of the genus Convolvulus",
          "word": "пові́йка"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Zoology",
          "orig": "en:Zoology",
          "parents": [
            "Biology",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "1922, Virginia Woolf, Jacob's Room, Vintage Classics, paperback edition, page 51,\nAlready the convolvulus moth was spinning over the flowers."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A species of hawkmoth, Agrius convolvuli."
      ],
      "id": "en-convolvulus-en-noun-Zhq7qvTC",
      "links": [
        [
          "zoology",
          "zoology"
        ],
        [
          "hawkmoth",
          "hawkmoth"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(zoology) A species of hawkmoth, Agrius convolvuli."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "natural-sciences",
        "zoology"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "bindweed"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "morning glory"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "convolvulus"
  ],
  "word": "convolvulus"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English nouns with irregular plurals",
    "English terms borrowed from Latin",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Terms with Armenian translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with Galician translations",
    "Terms with Hebrew translations",
    "Terms with Ido translations",
    "Terms with Irish translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Maori translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
    "en:Morning glory family plants",
    "en:Sphinx moths"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "convolvulus",
        "4": "",
        "5": "bindweed; caterpillar"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin convolvulus (“bindweed; caterpillar”)",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Latin convolvulus (“bindweed; caterpillar”), from convolvō (“convolve”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "convolvuluses",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "convolvuli",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "+",
        "2": "convolvuli"
      },
      "expansion": "convolvulus (plural convolvuluses or convolvuli)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "en:Botany"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1947, Malcolm Lowry, Under the Volcano, New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, page 318:",
          "text": "Toward it the torrent raced furiously, fed from above, where, down the left bank, transformed abruptly into a great wall of vegetation, water was spouting into the stream through thickets festooned with convolvuli on a higher level than the topmost trees of the jungle.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1994, Edmund Swinglehurst, The Art of the Pre-Raphaelites: A Compilation of Works from the Bridgeman Art Library, Parragon Book Service Limited, “Stages of Cruelty · 1856–90 · Ford Madox Brown”, page 38/2",
          "text": "In this painting he uses the lovers for his narrative and makes his symbolic points with the convolvulus, signifying entanglements, climbing up the steps."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Any of several plants, of the genus Convolvulus, found in temperate climates, having small trumpet-shaped flowers."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "botany",
          "botany"
        ],
        [
          "plants",
          "plants"
        ],
        [
          "Convolvulus",
          "Convolvulus#Translingual"
        ],
        [
          "flowers",
          "flowers"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(botany) Any of several plants, of the genus Convolvulus, found in temperate climates, having small trumpet-shaped flowers."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "botany",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)",
        "en:Zoology"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "1922, Virginia Woolf, Jacob's Room, Vintage Classics, paperback edition, page 51,\nAlready the convolvulus moth was spinning over the flowers."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A species of hawkmoth, Agrius convolvuli."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "zoology",
          "zoology"
        ],
        [
          "hawkmoth",
          "hawkmoth"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(zoology) A species of hawkmoth, Agrius convolvuli."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "natural-sciences",
        "zoology"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "bindweed"
    },
    {
      "word": "morning glory"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "patatuk",
      "sense": "plants of the genus Convolvulus",
      "word": "պատատուկ"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "plants of the genus Convolvulus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "convolvulus"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "plants of the genus Convolvulus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "convólvulo"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "khavalbal",
      "sense": "plants of the genus Convolvulus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "חֲבַלְבַּל"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "plants of the genus Convolvulus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "konvolvulo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "plants of the genus Convolvulus",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ainleog"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "plants of the genus Convolvulus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "convolvolo"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "plants of the genus Convolvulus",
      "word": "pōhue"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "plants of the genus Convolvulus",
      "word": "rauparaha"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "plants of the genus Convolvulus",
      "word": "pōhuhe"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "plants of the genus Convolvulus",
      "word": "pōhuehue"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "plants of the genus Convolvulus",
      "word": "akapōhue"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "plants of the genus Convolvulus",
      "word": "panahi"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "plants of the genus Convolvulus",
      "word": "nihinihi"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "plants of the genus Convolvulus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "powój"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "plants of the genus Convolvulus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "convólvulo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vʹjunók",
      "sense": "plants of the genus Convolvulus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "вьюно́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "berézka",
      "sense": "plants of the genus Convolvulus",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "бере́зка"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "berízka",
      "sense": "plants of the genus Convolvulus",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "бері́зка"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "povíj",
      "sense": "plants of the genus Convolvulus",
      "word": "пові́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "povíjka",
      "sense": "plants of the genus Convolvulus",
      "word": "пові́йка"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "convolvulus"
  ],
  "word": "convolvulus"
}

Download raw JSONL data for convolvulus meaning in English (5.7kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-01-25 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-01-20 using wiktextract (c15a5ce and 5c11237). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.