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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. Any of numerous, usually twining vines of the related genera Argyreia, Calystegia, Convolvulus, Merremia, and Ipomoea, having funnel-shaped, variously colored flowers that close late in the day.

Wiktionary

  1. n. Several members of the Convolvulaceae family; climbing plants with trumpet shaped flowers.
  2. n. informal An erection present on waking.
  3. n. A rolling cloud in the shape of a cylinder.

Examples

  • “The jacarandas were in full flower in every garden: pale mauve against the deep green of avocado trees, paperbarks in flower, date palms, scarlet hibiscus and the intense blue morning glory clambering everywhere.”

    Simon & Schuster: Wildwood

  • “Another beachloving plant, the morning glory Ipomoea pes-caprae, had also appeared.”

    Simon & Schuster: The Song of The Dodo

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hypernyms (1)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. vine

hyponyms (34)

Words that are more specific

  1. ipomoea alba
  2. ipomoea tricolor
  3. beach morning glory
  4. japanese morning glory
  5. scammony
  6. sweet potato
  1. ipomoea pes-caprae
  2. sweet potato vine
  3. red morning-glory
  4. star-glory
  5. star ipomoea
  6. belle de nuit
  1. ipomoea coccinea
  2. wild sweet potato vine
  3. ipomoea fastigiata
  4. ipomoea nil
  5. ipomoea batatas
  6. common morning glory
  1. cypress vine
  2. ipomoea leptophylla
  3. ipomoea quamoclit
  4. ipomoea imperialis
  5. quamoclit pennata
  6. indian pink
  1. ipomoea purpurea
  2. ipomoea panurata
  3. manroot
  4. ipomoea orizabensis
  5. moonflower
  6. wild potato vine
  1. railroad vine
  2. man-of-the-earth
  3. imperial japanese morning glory
  4. scammonyroot

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Words that are found in similar contexts

  1. wistaria
  2. briony
  3. Liana
  4. lantana
  1. wild-grape
  2. freesia
  3. clematis
  4. akasi
  1. ropelike
  2. ra-
  3. ground ivy
  4. woodruff
  1. white-starred
  2. ground-hugging
  3. rough-barked
  4. bryony
  1. irontree
  2. conley
  3. tthe
  4. ropey

reverse dictionary (37)

Words that contain this word in their definition

  1. jalap
  2. ipomœa
  3. man-of-the-earth
  4. dextrorsal
  5. contortuplicate
  6. convolvulaceous
  7. convolvulus
  1. hunakai
  2. manroot
  3. hedge bells
  4. kaladana
  5. funnelform
  6. titan arum
  7. tie vine
  1. scammony
  2. family convolvulaceae
  3. genus ipomoea
  4. ipomoea leptophylla
  5. ipomoea orizabensis
  6. ipomoea tricolor
  7. krubi
  1. morning-glory family
  2. amorphophallus titanum
  3. common morning glory
  4. convolvulaceae
  5. ipomoea
  6. moonflower
  7. seaside potato
  1. sweet potato
  2. seven-year vine
  3. supervolute
  4. tiger's-foot
  5. tortoise beetle
  6. infundibuliform
  7. jasmine
  1. maiden's-blush
  2. pilikai

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  1. flower
  1. weather
  1. my little dynasty

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  • hernesheir A strain of medical marijuana. Jan 15, 2010

  • reesetee Amazing. Sep 30, 2009

  • bilby Another photo, which shows the phenomenon very clearly. Sep 27, 2009

  • reesetee For a fascinating cloud formation, see here--with thanks to bilby. Sep 14, 2009

  • whichbe Also known as Morninglory, former 60s radical turned acid-casualty, a former communist and activist, Morning Glory eventually took up a quiet life as a gardener with a special expertise in belladonna and datura. Aug 9, 2008

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