convolvulus

n. 旋花 [建] 旋花属

词形变化

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别名

convulvulus

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Any of several plants, of the genus Convolvulus, found in temperate climates, having small trumpet-shaped flowers.

    生物 植物学

    In this painting he uses the lovers for his narrative and makes his symbolic points with the convolvulus, signifying entanglements, climbing up the steps.

  2. 2.

    A species of hawkmoth, Agrius convolvuli.

    生物 动物学

    1922, Virginia Woolf, Jacob's Room, Vintage Classics, paperback edition, page 51, Already the convolvulus moth was spinning over the flowers.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

vine

下位词 1

scammony

词源

From Latin convolvulus (“bindweed; caterpillar”), from convolvō (“convolve”).

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