noun
morning glory; bindweed; sweet potato; plants having trumpet-shaped flowers and a climbing or twining habit
• Syn: ↑Convolvulaceae, ↑family Convolvulaceae
• Hypernyms: ↑dicot family, ↑magnoliopsid family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Polemoniales, ↑order Polemoniales
• Member Meronyms:
↑genus Convolvulus, ↑bindweed, ↑Argyreia, ↑genus Argyreia, ↑Calystegia, ↑genus Calystegia, ↑Cuscuta, ↑genus Cuscuta, ↑genus Dichondra, ↑Ipomoea, ↑genus Ipomoea
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morning-glory family,
a group of dicotyledonous herbs, shrubs, and small trees, having alternate leaves, bisexual, regular flowers, and often a milky juice. The family includes the morning-glory, sweet potato, dodder, and convolvulus.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.