a. Bot. rare. [ad. L. volūbilis. So F. volubile.] = VOLUBLE a. 4.
1819. [see prec.].
1838. J. Murray, Econ. Veg., 48. Some stems are volubile; or ‘twine’ as the hop and honeysuckle, convolvolus, and ‘scarlet runner.’
1849. Balfour, Man. Bot., § 66. Stems have usually considerable firmness and solidity, but sometimes they … twist round other plants in a spiral manner like Woodbine, becoming volubile.
