‖ voˈlubilis Bot. Obs.
[L.; see prec. So F. volubilis.]
Convolvulus.
1664 Evelyn Kal. Hort. Mar. 63 Sow on the Hot-bed such Plants as are late bearing Flowers or Fruit in our Climate; as Balsamine,..Volubilis, Myrrh, Carrobs, [etc.]. 1712 tr. Pomet's Hist. Drugs I. 132 This Pod is the Fruit of a Kind of Volubilis. |