ipomoea : Idioms & Phrases


genus ipomoea

  • noun morning glory
    Ipomoea.
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ipomoea alba

  • noun pantropical climber having white fragrant nocturnal flowers
    belle de nuit; moonflower.
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ipomoea batatas

  • noun pantropical vine widely cultivated in several varieties for its large sweet tuberous root with orange flesh
    sweet potato vine; sweet potato.
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ipomoea coccinea

  • noun annual herb having scarlet flowers; the eastern United States
    Ipomoea coccinea; red morning-glory.
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ipomoea fastigiata

  • noun tropical American prostrate or climbing herbaceous perennial having an enormous starchy root; sometimes held to be source of the sweet potato
    man-of-the-earth; wild sweet potato vine; scammonyroot; wild potato vine; manroot; Ipomoea fastigiata.
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ipomoea imperialis

  • noun hybrid from Ipomoea nil
    imperial Japanese morning glory.
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ipomoea leptophylla

  • noun a morning glory with long roots of western United States
    man-of-the-earth.
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ipomoea nil

  • noun annual Old World tropical climbing herb distinguished by wide color range and frilled or double flowers
    Japanese morning glory.
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ipomoea orizabensis

  • noun tropical American morning glory
    scammony.
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ipomoea panurata

  • noun tropical American prostrate or climbing herbaceous perennial having an enormous starchy root; sometimes held to be source of the sweet potato
    man-of-the-earth; wild sweet potato vine; scammonyroot; wild potato vine; manroot; Ipomoea fastigiata.
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ipomoea pes-caprae

  • noun a prostrate perennial of coastal sand dunes Florida to Texas
    railroad vine; beach morning glory.
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ipomoea purpurea

  • noun pantropical annual climbing herb with funnel-shaped blue, purple, pink or white flowers
    common morning glory.
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ipomoea quamoclit

  • noun tropical American annual climber having red (sometimes white) flowers and finely dissected leaves; naturalized in United States and elsewhere
    star-glory; cypress vine; Quamoclit pennata; Indian pink.
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ipomoea tricolor

  • noun annual or perennial climbing herb of Central America having sky-blue flowers; most commonly cultivated morning glory
    common morning glory.
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star ipomoea

  • noun annual herb having scarlet flowers; the eastern United States
    Ipomoea coccinea; red morning-glory.
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