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noun
A flowering plant in the gourd family (Cucurbitaceae), genus Marah, native to western North America.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Any member of two species of morning glory:
Ipomoea leptophylla.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Any member of two species of morning glory:
Ipomoea pandurata.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
tropical American prostrate or climbing herbaceous perennial having an enormous starchy root; sometimes held to be source of the sweet potato
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: wild potato vine, wild sweet potato vine, man-of-the-earth, scammonyroot, Ipomoea panurata, Ipomoea fastigiata
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: morning glory
History
From man + root.
