Phrase guide
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noun
Any of several members of the family Convolvulaceae; climbing plants with trumpet shaped flowers.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: bindweed
Antonyms: none provided
noun
An involuntary erection present upon waking.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, countable, informal, uncountable
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Synonyms: morning wood
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A morning bout of love-making.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A rolling cloud in the shape of a cylinder; a roll cloud.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
any of various twining vines having funnel-shaped flowers that close late in the day
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: vine
Narrower terms: 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
History
The flowers are so named because they open early in the morning, and the clouds are so called because they typically occur in the morning.
Across languages
47 source translations are retained for this English entry.
