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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Mechoacan \Me*cho"a*can\, n. A species of jalap, of very feeble properties, said to be obtained from the root of a species of {Convolvulus} ({C. Mechoacan}); -- so called from Michoacan, in Mexico, whence it is obtained. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Convolvulus \Con*vol"vu*lus\, 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 ({C. arwensis}), and formerly the morning-glory, but this is now transferred to the genus {Ipom[ae]a}. The luster of the long convolvuluses That coiled around the stately stems. --Tennyson. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: convolvulus n : any of numerous plants of the genus Convolvulus
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