HyperDic: wild_sweet_potato_vine

English > 1 sense of the expression wild sweet potato vine:
NOUNplantwild sweet potato vine, wild potato vine, man-of-the-earth, manroot, scammonyroot, Ipomoea panurata, Ipomoea fastigiatatropical American prostrate or climbing herbaceous perennial having an enormous starchy root
English > wild sweet potato vine: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningTropical American prostrate or climbing herbaceous perennial having an enormous starchy root; sometimes held to be source of the sweet potato.
Synonymswild potato vine, man-of-the-earth, manroot, scammonyroot, Ipomoea panurata, Ipomoea fastigiata
Broadermorning gloryAny of various twining vines having funnel-shaped flowers that close late in the day
Spanishmarah

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