Definition of Calystegia sepium

1. Noun. Common Eurasian and American wild climber with pink flowers; sometimes placed in genus Convolvulus.

Exact synonyms: Convolvulus Sepium, Hedge Bindweed, Wild Morning-glory
Generic synonyms: Bindweed
Group relationships: Calystegia, Genus Calystegia

Lexicographical Neighbors of Calystegia Sepium

Calvinizing
Calvino
Calycanthaceae
Calycanthus
Calycanthus floridus
Calycanthus occidentalis
Calycophyllum
Calycophyllum candidissimum
Calydon
Calymmatobacterium granulomatis
Calymmian
Calypso
Calypso bulbosa
Calyptridium umbellatum
Calystegia
Calystegia sepium (current term)
Caló
Cam River
Camaguey
Camargue
Cambarus
Camberwell beauties
Camberwell beauty
Cambodia
Cambodian
Cambodian accessories

Literary usage of Calystegia sepium

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Entomologist; an Illustrated Journal of General Entomology by Edward Newman, Royal Entomological Society of London (1883)
"May and June, on convolvulus (Calystegia sepium), eating the leaves and flowers ; rests on the undersides of leaves and on the stems. PUPA. ..."

2. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1900)
"(Calystegia sepium,R.Br.). RUTLAND BEAUTY. Fig. 543. Perennial trailer, 3-10 ft. long, glabrous or minutely pubescent: Ivs. round-cordate to deltoid-hastate ..."

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