Meaning of MORNING GLORY
| Pronunciation: | | 'morning'glowree
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[n] any of various twining vines having funnel-shaped flowers that close late in the day |
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| | See Also: | | beach morning glory, belle de nuit, common morning glory, cypress vine, genus Ipomoea, imperial Japanese morning glory, Indian pink, Ipomoea, Ipomoea alba, Ipomoea batatas, Ipomoea coccinea, Ipomoea fastigiata, Ipomoea imperialis, Ipomoea leptophylla, Ipomoea nil, Ipomoea orizabensis, Ipomoea panurata, Ipomoea pes-caprae, Ipomoea purpurea, Ipomoea quamoclit, Ipomoea tricolor, Japanese morning glory, man-of-the-earth, manroot, moonflower, Quamoclit pennata, railroad vine, red morning-glory, scammony, scammonyroot, star ipomoea, star-glory, sweet potato, sweet potato vine, vine, wild potato vine, wild sweet potato vine | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Morn"ing-glo`ry\, n. (Bot.)
A climbing plant ({Ipom[oe]a purpurea}) having handsome,
funnel-shaped flowers, usually red, pink, purple, white, or
variegated, sometimes pale blue. See {Dextrorsal}.
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