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  1. Convolvulus, or bindweed.
  2. Genus of plants of the family Convolvulaceae.
  3. They are characterized by their twining
  4. stems, and by their petals, which are united
  5. into a tube. The field bindweed Convolvulus
  6. arvensis, a trailing plant with handsome
  7. white or pink-and-white-streaked flowers, is
  8. a common weed in Britain.
  9.