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‖ calystegia Bot.|kælɪˈstiːdʒɪə|
[f. Gr. κάλυκ- calyx + στέγη covering, in reference to the generic distinction.]
A genus of plants separated by modern botanists from Convolvulus, because of the two large bracts which enclose the calyx; it contains the large White Convolvulus or Bindweed of the English hedges.
1880New Virginians I. 85 A tangle, or wilderness of dew⁓berries, white calystegias. |