morning-glory family

Definitions of morning-glory family
  1. noun
    morning glory; bindweed; sweet potato; plants having trumpet-shaped flowers and a climbing or twining habit
    synonyms: Convolvulaceae, family Convolvulaceae
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    type of:
    dicot family, magnoliopsid family
    family of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
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