English > morning glory: 1 sense > noun 1, plant| Meaning | Any of various twining vines having funnel-shaped flowers that close late in the day. |
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| Member of | Ipomoea, genus Ipomoea | morning glory |
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| Narrower | Japanese morning glory, Ipomoea nil | Annual Old World tropical climbing herb distinguished by wide color range and frilled or double flowers |
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| common morning glory, Ipomoea purpurea | pantropical annual climbing herb with funnel-shaped blue, purple, pink or white flowers |
| common morning glory, Ipomoea tricolor | Annual or perennial climbing herb of Central America having sky-blue flowers |
| cypress vine, star-glory, Indian pink, Ipomoea quamoclit, Quamoclit pennata | Tropical American annual climber having red (sometimes white) flowers and finely dissected leaves |
| imperial Japanese morning glory, Ipomoea imperialis | hybrid from Ipomoea nil |
| man-of-the-earth, Ipomoea leptophylla | A morning glory with long roots of western United States |
| moonflower, belle de nuit, Ipomoea alba | pantropical climber having white fragrant nocturnal flowers |
| railroad vine, beach morning glory, Ipomoea pes-caprae | A prostrate perennial of coastal sand dunes Florida to Texas |
| red morning-glory, star ipomoea, Ipomoea coccinea | Annual herb having scarlet flowers |
| scammony, Ipomoea orizabensis | Tropical American morning glory |
| sweet potato, sweet potato vine, Ipomoea batatas | pantropical vine widely cultivated in several varieties for its large sweet tuberous root with orange flesh |
| wild potato vine, wild sweet potato vine, man-of-the-earth, manroot, scammonyroot, Ipomoea panurata, Ipomoea fastigiata | Tropical American prostrate or climbing herbaceous perennial having an enormous starchy root |
| Broader | vine | A plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface |
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| Spanish | campanilla, ipomea |
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