noun
any of various twining vines having funnel-shaped flowers that close late in the day (Freq. 1)
• Hypernyms: ↑vine
• Hyponyms:
↑common morning glory, ↑Ipomoea purpurea, ↑Ipomoea tricolor, ↑cypress vine, ↑star-glory, ↑Indian pink, ↑Ipomoea quamoclit, ↑Quamoclit pennata, ↑moonflower, ↑belle de nuit, ↑Ipomoea alba, ↑sweet potato, ↑sweet potato vine, ↑Ipomoea batatas, ↑wild potato vine, ↑wild sweet potato vine, ↑man-of-the-earth, ↑manroot, ↑scammonyroot, ↑Ipomoea panurata, ↑Ipomoea fastigiata, ↑red morning-glory, ↑star ipomoea, ↑Ipomoea coccinea, ↑Ipomoea leptophylla, ↑scammony, ↑Ipomoea orizabensis, ↑railroad vine, ↑beach morning glory, ↑Ipomoea pes-caprae, ↑Japanese morning glory, ↑Ipomoea nil, ↑imperial Japanese morning glory, ↑Ipomoea imperialis
• Member Holonyms: ↑Ipomoea, ↑genus Ipomoea
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noun, pl ⋯ -ries [count]
: a plant that has many brightly colored flowers that open in the morning
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a climbing plant with flowers shaped like ↑trumpets that open in the morning and close in late afternoon
Useful english dictionary. 2012.