morning glory

/ˌmɔrnɪŋ ˈglɔri/

Other forms: morning glories

Definitions of morning glory

1. noun

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

   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