different between convolvulus vs bindweed

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

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

Noun

convolvulus (plural convolvuluses or convolvuli)

1. (botany) Any of several plants, of the genus Convolvulus, found in temperate climates, having small trumpet-shaped flowers.
   • 1994, Edmund Swinglehurst, The Art of the Pre-Raphaelites: A Compilation of Works from the Bridgeman Art Library, Parragon Book Service Limited, ?ISBN, “Stages of Cruelty · 1856–90 · Ford Madox Brown”, page 38/2:

     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. (zoology) A species of hawkmoth, Agrius convolvuli.
   • 1922, Virginia Woolf, Jacob's Room, Vintage Classics, paperback edition, page 51,

     Already the convolvulus moth was spinning over the flowers.

Synonyms

• bindweed
• morning glory

Translations

Latin

Alternative forms

• convolvolus

Etymology

convolv? +? -ulus

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kon?u?ol.u?u.lus/, [k?n?u????u?o???s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kon?vol.vu.lus/, [k?n?v?lvulus]

Noun

convolvulus m (genitive convolvul?); second declension

1. the caterpillar of the vine moth (Eupoecilia ambiguella), which wraps itself up in the leaves of the vine
2. larger bindweed, hedge bindweed, Rutland beauty, bugle vine, heavenly trumpets, bellbind, granny-pop-out-of-bed (Calystegia sepium)
3. (Medieval Latin) colic (severe pains that grip the abdomen or the disease that causes such pains)

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Synonyms

• (colic): c?lica, dolor alv? (literally “pain of the bowels”)

Descendants

• Translingual: Convolvulus (generic name)
• English: convolvulus
• Italian: convolvolo
• Portuguese: convólvulo
• Spanish: convólvulo

References

• convolv?lus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• convolvulus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• convolv?lus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, page 427/2
• “conuoluolus” on page 441/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)

English

Etymology

bind +? weed

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ba?ndwi?d/

Noun

bindweed (countable and uncountable, plural bindweeds)

1. Trailing vine-like plants in the family Convolvulaceae with funnel-shaped flowers.
   1. true bindweed, genus Convolvulus.
   2. false bindweed, genus Calystegia.
   3. slender bindweed, Polymeria calycina
2. Plants of species in other families with similar appearance
   1. black bindweed, Fallopia convolvulus
   2. bittersweet nightshade, blue bindweed, Solanum dulcamara

Derived terms

• black bindweed (Fallopia convolvulus, Tamus communis)
• blue bindweed (Solanum dulcamara)
• bracted bindweed (Convolvulus spithamaeus)
• climbing bindweed (Fallopia convolvulus)
• corn bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis)
• European bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis)
• field bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis)
• giant bindweed (Calystegia silvatica)
• great bindweed (Convolvulus sepium)
• greater bindweed (Convolvulus sepium)
• hedge bindweed (Convolvulus sepium)
• ivy bindweed (Fallopia convolvulus)
• knot bindweed (Fallopia convolvulus)
• large bindweed (Calystegia silvatica)
• larger bindweed (Calystegia sepium)
• lesser bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis)
• low bindweed (Convolvulus spithamaeus)
• Mexican bindweed (Rivea corymbosa)
• mountain bindweed (Soldanella spp.)
• New Zealand bindweed (Calystegia tuguriorum)
• rough bindweed (Smilax aspera)
• sea bindweed (Convolvulus soldanella)
• slender bindweed (Polymeria calycina)
• small bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis)
• Syrian bindweed (Convolvulus coelesyriacus)
• white bindweed

Translations

References

• bindweed on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Calystegia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Convolulus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies