NOUN | plant | Ipomoea panurata, wild potato vine, wild sweet potato vine, man-of-the-earth, manroot, scammonyroot, Ipomoea fastigiata | tropical American prostrate or climbing herbaceous perennial having an enormous starchy root |
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Meaning | Tropical American prostrate or climbing herbaceous perennial having an enormous starchy root; sometimes held to be source of the sweet potato. | |
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Synonyms | wild potato vine, wild sweet potato vine, man-of-the-earth, manroot, scammonyroot, Ipomoea fastigiata | |
Broader | morning glory | Any of various twining vines having funnel-shaped flowers that close late in the day |
Spanish | marah |
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