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GENUS IPOMOEA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Morning glory

Synonyms:

genus Ipomoea; Ipomoea

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("genus Ipomoea" is a kind of...):

dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)

Meronyms (members of "genus Ipomoea"):

morning glory (any of various twining vines having funnel-shaped flowers that close late in the day)

Holonyms ("genus Ipomoea" is a member of...):

Convolvulaceae; family Convolvulaceae; morning-glory family (morning glory; bindweed; sweet potato; plants having trumpet-shaped flowers and a climbing or twining habit)

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