NOUN
- morning glory; bindweed; sweet potato; plants having trumpet-shaped flowers and a climbing or twining habit
How To Use Convolvulaceae In A Sentence
- In Convolvulaceae the median plane of the flower bisects the two carpels of the gynoecium and is axillary.
- The Convolvulaceae are mostly twining herbs or shrubs, sometimes with milky sap, comprising about 85 genera and 2,800 species that are further characterized by almost always having the flowers solitary or in terminal or axillary dichasia.
- And even though I hate sweet potatoes (I'm sorry, I do), I appreciate that there exists a sweet potato pie, because it's so charming and so authentically American (and here comes someone in the comment section below to lecture me that sweet potatoes, or yams, or a "dicotyledonous plant belonging to the family Convolvulaceae", or what have you are actually native to Africa). Brett Ashley McKenzie: We'll Always Have Pie
