[くうしんさい, kuushinsai] (n) (See 甕菜) ipomoea aquatica; kang kong; water morning glory; (Chinese) water spinach; water convolvulus; swamp cabbage; ong choy; hung tsai; rau muong; pak boong [Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Convolvulus \Con*vol"vu*lus\ (k[o^]n*v[o^]l"v[-u]*l[u^]s), n.;
pl. L.{Convolvuli}, E. {Convoluluses}. [L., bindweed, fr.
convolvere to roll around. So named from its twining stems.]
(Bot.)
A large genus of plants having monopetalous flowers,
including the common bindweed ({Convolvulus arvensis}), and
formerly the morning-glory, but this is now transferred to
the genus {Ipom[ae]a}.
[1913 Webster]
The luster of the long convolvuluses
That coiled around the stately stems. --Tennyson.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
convolvulus
n 1: any of numerous plants of the genus Convolvulus
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