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morning glory

DEFINITIONS OF: morning glory

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n any of various twining vines having funnel-shaped flowers that close late in the day

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Ipomoea purpurea, common morning glory
pantropical annual climbing herb with funnel-shaped blue, purple, pink or white flowers
Ipomoea tricolor, common morning glory
annual or perennial climbing herb of Central America having sky-blue flowers; most commonly cultivated morning glory
Indian pink, Ipomoea quamoclit, Quamoclit pennata, cypress vine, star-glory
tropical American annual climber having red (sometimes white) flowers and finely dissected leaves; naturalized in United States and elsewhere
Ipomoea alba, belle de nuit, moonflower
pantropical climber having white fragrant nocturnal flowers
Ipomoea batatas, sweet potato, sweet potato vine
pantropical vine widely cultivated in several varieties for its large sweet tuberous root with orange flesh
Ipomoea fastigiata, Ipomoea panurata, man-of-the-earth, manroot, scammonyroot, wild potato vine, wild sweet potato vine
tropical American prostrate or climbing herbaceous perennial having an enormous starchy root; sometimes held to be source of the sweet potato
Ipomoea coccinea, red morning-glory, star ipomoea
annual herb having scarlet flowers; the eastern United States
Ipomoea leptophylla, man-of-the-earth
a morning glory with long roots of western United States
Ipomoea orizabensis, scammony
tropical American morning glory
Ipomoea pes-caprae, beach morning glory, railroad vine
a prostrate perennial of coastal sand dunes Florida to Texas
Ipomoea nil, Japanese morning glory
annual Old World tropical climbing herb distinguished by wide color range and frilled or double flowers
Ipomoea imperialis, imperial Japanese morning glory
hybrid from Ipomoea nil
Type of:
vine
a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface
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